2b california state railroad museum

1. Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points
2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Railroad_Museum
http://www.csrmf.org/default.asp

1. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point

The California State Train Museum connects to my study of humanities because it is a record of what we have accomplished throughout history. Without the railroad systems throughout the United States of America we would not be here today, the railroads brought us here. Looking at the trains and the labor that was put into them is astonishing, all the lives that were lost in the trans-atlantic railroad that was built, all the hard manual labor that led to us today. All the different ethnicities that worked together on one single goal, to create an easier and more affordable way to travel. Without the railroad systems, things would be much different, and our culture would surely change.

1. Contains the following "analytical elements":

1. 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

Walking around and through the California State Railroad Museum is amazing. The sounds of whistels blowing, the smell of fresh coals, the sight of hundreds of trains around you, it is quite amazing. Taking a tour on a steam engine, feeling and hearing the knotches in the tracks, realizing your standing on a historical machine. The machine is big, looks almost angry, dark, cold to the touch, and shoots out steam from the top, and has a one track mind, sounds like the devil to me, but this machine is a train, and is our reason for existence still today.

1. 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

My choice is the California State Railroad Museum because the "iron horse" was the key to connecting California to the rest of our great nation. Without the creation of the trains and railroad systems, our technology could not have advanced as quickly or as remarkably as it had, we would still be using horse and buggy.

1. 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 chose the California State Railroad museum because it led us to where we are today. Trains were the most influential technological advance in history, we have to thank them for what we have. The museum has many records of trains, has pictures, information, and trains themselves on display for our amazement. Their sheer size is something to awe about, they can carry more ten they weigh, amazing.

1. 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

I learned from reading and looking at the museum that we have technologically advanced from coal power to steam power to gas and now electric and even solar powered, what is the next power source thats going to run this great nation?

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 poin

I chose to pick Scott Sandine's trip to Yosemite. I learned from reading about his trip just how big the park is, a staggering 1,200 mile squar mile park, amazing. I knew it was big because as a kid my family and I attempted to climb Half Dome at Yosemite, which was a full day trip, from dusk till dawn. The park is a historical park, and hopefully will be kept clean and beautiful for my children to enjoy as a child in the years to come. Its amazing sights are some of the most breath-taking in the world, Yosemite is trully a wonder of the world.
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