Week 2: Project 2a "San Francisco Financial District"

1. Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points
- See title.

2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_District,_San_Francisco,_California

3. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities 1 point
-The San Francisco Financial District connects to my study of humanities because it was the product of the California Gold Rush. Humanities seeks to understand people and culture, and I think the Financial District and its fascinating history are excellent examples of culture and its affect on society.

4. Contains the following "analytical elements":

a. Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point
- As I walk down Market Street, the cool San Francisco air invigorates my body while the warm sunshine relaxes me. I glance upward and am taken back by the towering skyscrapers. Their glass facades reflect the street below them and the traffic that zooms by. The power these buildings express is palpable. Financial giants like Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte and Touche reside in these streets. I dream of the day I will work in one of those towers.

b. Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point
-The Financial District is about power, money, and professionalism. It exerts an image that demands respect!

c. Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point
-I choose the Financial District of San Francisco because I hope to work there some day. I am awed by the prestige of this area. I respect it, and hope to be a part of it some day. I feel this way because I think anything financial is facinating and iteresting.

d. Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? 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. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point
-The area was completely destroyed during the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. I wonder how it was affected by the 1989 Earthquake.

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
-Jeni Lyons taught me that Paulo Freire wrote books both in English and in Spanish. I think this connects to the class because language is so important to a culture. It allows communication of ideas. This leads to a more diverse body of knowledge. Paulo Freire was increasing that body of knowledge.
http://jenilyons.blogspot.com/2008/06/project-1c.html