"2b Oakland Museum"

Oakland Museum




Contains a title using the format listed above.
“2b Oakland Museum of California”

Contains the sources you used with links to these sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Museum_of_California http://www.museumca.org/ http://www.zooomr.com/photos/thomashawk/sets/24089/
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Oakland_Museum.html

Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities.
In contrast to Fort Bragg, Ca. a small rural area with almost no crime, is Oakland, Ca. a large city in the bay area. It is probably know best for political and social unrest and a very high murder rate and not for its museum. Many probably do not even realize Oakland has a museum. The latest controversy is the killing of a 22 year old black man by a white BART policeman on 1-1-09. The news video shows the man on the ground with his hands behind is back and the policeman pulls his gun and shoots the man in the back. The “No justice no peace” slogan comes to mind. It seems this was a mistake and the man pulled his gun when he meant to pull his stun gun. On 1-27-09 there was a vote of no confidence by the city council for the mayor and police chief of Oakland. The city is in turmoil over the high crime and other problems there. There have been protest marches and acts of violence as a result of this death. Dialogue is constant about what needs to be done to correct the problems. There seems to be no agreement on the answer. This dialogue needs some resolution to the history and problems there.
The Oakland Museum is quite a contrast of the common image of Oakland. The pictures of the Oakland Museum by Thomas Hawk were very good and gives you a completely different vision of the area. The positive culture of Oakland seems to be always over shadowed by the negative. There were also very good pictures of the site. These pictures will help you see Oakland different from how the news shows it.

Contains the following "analytical elements"
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.
I choose a museum in a place that is always in the news, usually for negative reasons. The Oakland Museum is a safe and educational place in a city not known for that. (Oakland has no major college) The web sites gives excellent pictures of the museum. Unless coming from the South you have to cross a bridge to get into Oakland. It has professional football and basketball teams, and some of the fans have a reputation as some of the worst there are. It also has the well known Jack London Sq. I learned a lot about the museum and would like to visit there now. The city of Oakland and the museum seem to be a contradiction. At the very least are viewed very different.

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! 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.
The museum has an area that gives you a good over view of California. Take a Walk across California through nine different natural areas, beginning at the Pacific Coast, over the Coast Ranges, across the Great Valley, over the Sierras and the White Mountains and to the desert. In this gallery, the museum's impressive collections of native flora and fauna are displayed in natural settings. This is a good example of Freire’s dialogue for education.
I know very little about the museum in Oakland and wanted to learn more about it. I also felt I might be able to visit it since it is only about an hour away. I feel it was a good choice because I did learn about the museum, its location and what it had to offer. It has a really good section of local art history. History is one of the best ways to learn about a groups culture. The “Take a Walk” area would be a great education for anyone wanting to learn about the different California geographic regions.

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?
California is a very diverse state, from people to geography. It has every terrain, from oceans, mountains, plains and deserts. It has very cold temperatures and also very high temperatures. I would like to know if my ideas about California’s regions and its plant and animal life are similar to what the museum’s “Take a Walk” highlighted. I would also like to know how Oakland ended up being so diverse with so many problems. I wonder if Freire would think that any Praxis is taking place in this city?

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)

Katy Durant response on 2a
We shared a very different site but similar memories. My family never went to Yosemite on a family vacation. But, I do remember family vacations at the ocean like she did Yosemite. We also learned so much on our road trips. I like how Katy pointed out that Yosemite drew people together from all over the world. It made me think of it being like a magnet for people. That is what California’s great attractions are like. She also pointed out that the park is different in the summer and the winter. She described the area very well and even noted colors. I got a very different feel for the park the way she described it. I also copied her Blog idea of the picture of Yosemite, I put a picture of Fort Bragg on my post. I feel the ocean is like Yosemite it draws people to it, especially when they visit California.
http://katyhuman7.blogspot.com/ K. Durant’s site