What a fun journey around the world for our final project.
World History
This purpose of this blog is to further enhance our learning of World History. There will be posts about a variety of topics with pictures. Under each post will be a place for followers to make comments and engage in scholarly dialogue. Posts will be made by Mrs. Jordan and guest bloggers. Finally, this will be a place where important information will be posted about the classroom and other news.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
California Coastal Historic Sites
Solvang
Located in the Santa Ynez valley (an hour north of Santa
Barbara) in California is a Danish city named Solvang. It was founded in 1911
by Danish immigrants who hoped to make a Danish colony. Most of the new
settlers were farmers, but the city continued to grow and expand over time. Currently
Solvang is a tourist destination. It is a charming town that still reflects its
Danish heritage in look and atmosphere. It feels like you are in Europe when
you are here.
Ostritchland is a great place to see Ostriches and Emus. Ostriches
can run for a long time at the speed of 43 mph, it’s the fastest land speed of
any bird. If it is threatened, it will attack with a kick from its powerful
legs. It’s is commonly farmed for its beautiful feathers. It was fun to see so many of these large
birds and to feed them.
San Luis Obispo Mission
This 5th California mission founded by Father
Junipero Serra, September 1, 1772. Named after Saint Louis Bishop of Toulouse,
France. It is still an active Parish that is active with its community.
Cambria is a seaside village that is located halfway between
Los Angeles and San Francisco along Highway 1. There we found Moonstone Beach
named after the moonstones that wash ashore there. Many other gems can also be
found at this beach. It’s a hunt for those special moonstones.
About 15 miles north in San Simeon is a Northern elephant
seal rookery at Piedras Blancas. They live in the eastern Pacific Ocean. They
spend most of their time at sea and come to land to give birth, breed and molt.
The males (bulls) have a large nose and it’s used to make loud noises
especially during mating competition. The males can grow to be 14 ft and 5,000
lbs and females grow 11 ft and 1,400 lbs.
Morro Bay is home to one of California’s few remaining
fishing fleets. This resort town is dominated by Morro Rock, the seventh in a
chain of volcanic peaks called the “Seven Sisters” that follows alongside
Highway 1 for 12 miles north of San Luis Obispo. The Rock is home to over 250
species of birds.
Mission Soledad located in the Salinas Valley near Soledad.
Founded in 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen, and is the 13th mission to
be founded in California. It was built to link Mission San Antonio and Mission
Carmel. The mission was destroyed by three large floods in 1824, 1828 and 1832
which damaged the buildings and the mission fell further in to decline. It was
eventually abandoned, but currently it is undergoing a large master planning
project to reconstruct and restore buildings.
Monterey Aquarium-
Focuses on marine habitats of Monterey Bay and it was the first to
exhibit a living kelp forest. It has led to the revitalization of Cannery Row.
Cannery Row- It is the site of a number of now-defunct
sardine canning factories. The last cannery closed in 1973. John Steinbeck used
Cannery Row as the setting for two of his novels: Cannery Row and Sweet
Thursday. It is now a place of tourism with shops and restaurants.
Fisherman’s Wharf- is a historic wharf constructed in 1926.
It is used an active wholesale fish market into the 1960s, the wharf eventually
became a tourist attraction as commercial fishing tapered off after WWII when
the sardine population collapsed.
Santa Cruz boardwalk was founded in 1907, it is California’s
oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West
Coast.
Mission San Juan Bautista was founded on June 24, 1797 by
Fermin Lasuen and was the 15th mission established in California.
Named for Saint John the Baptist. The mission has served mass daily since 1797
and today still functions as a parish church. Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo was filmed at the mission.
The mission is surrounded by a well preserved historical
California town resembling the old west.
Bravoland- Kettleman City Located on the I-5 through Central
Valley. It is a 500 ft long strip of fake frontier town buildings.
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