3c Inland Cities: Sacramento and Bakersfield

Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points

3c Inland Areas: Sacramento and Bakersfield

Contains a web link to your locations. (eg you can use the tools in your blog where you paste your work; there is a little icon that looks like a link) .25 points

www.sacbee.com

www.bakersfield.com

http://www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search=bakersfield&language=en&go=++%E2%86%92++&go=Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=sacramento&go=Go

Contains an explanation regarding how this component (any aspect of it; eg content of videos, content of websites) connects to your study of humanities. .25 point

Unfortunately, I’ve been using a computer that doesn’t allow for Youtube or any kind of streaming. The two cities that I’m reviewing this week are both located in the central valley. Sacramento is the state capitol, which means that it is the political, social, economic hub of the state. Both are large cities, which draw large immigrant populations and as such alter the cultural make up of the state.

Contains the following elements that will be used in upcoming projects for analytical purposes:
What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location: 1 point

I know that before I moved to Sacramento, I always held a stereotype of all Central Valley cities as being “rednecky.” I always assumed that the central valley was filled with Republicans. I think of people in the Central Valley as being poor. Often when visiting family in the Central Valley, we would joke about how the Central Valley is the armpit of California. I think that some of the stereotypes I have about the Central Valley come from depictions of “Okeys” from The Grapes of Wrath.

List 3 things that make each location similar: 1 point

Bakersfield and Sacramento make up two of the three largest inland cities in California.
Large portions of the economies of both Bakersfield and Sacramento are from agriculture.
Both Sacramento and Bakersfield are ethnically diverse.

List 3 things that make each location so different: 1 point

Bakersfield has a large petroleum industry whereas Sacramento does not.
Sacramento’s was originally a gold mining town whereas Bakersfield was not associated with the Gold Rush.
Sacramento is the state capitol, which means that it is where the state legislation happens. Bakersfield is not in the same position.

Questioning: What else would you like to know about these places? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. .5 point

Bakersfield, in addition to being a very large city, has large agricultural and petroleum industries. How does Bakersfield seeing itself shifting its major agricultural and petroleum industries in the future to adjust to the fine balance between the economic and ecological concerns?

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point

The piece of information from last week comes from Liz’ blog. She stated, “Huntington Beach is parallel to a coastal wetland.” I never knew this about Huntington Beach. I always had imagined that it was surrounded by suburban sprawl because it is in Southern California, but it turns out that there is also a wetland.

http://lizhuman7.blogspot.com/2009/03/assignment-3b-beaches-bodega-bay-vs.html