Spezialgebiet California
Hello guys.
I am glad to put this entry onto my blog. I am publishing my English Spezialgiet (For those who have no clue what that means, well its like a big essay that needs to be handed in before passing the Matura/ A-Levels. During the oral Matura you have to talk about it and show off with what you wrote in this kind of paper). Okay here it is.
California - The Golden State
Here is a short overview and below that, you can see the sources I used for research. There books were quite helpful to ease the working process.
1. HISTORY
1.1. From the Gold Rush to the Web Bubble Burst.
1.1.1. MILESTONE #1: The Gold Rush.
1.1.2. MILESTONE #2: The Citrus Boom + Going West.
1.1.3. MILESTONE #3: The Golden Years of Hollywood.
1.1.4. MILESTONE #4: The New Generation + Hippies.
1.2. The Myth of Califia.
2. THE REALITY VERSUS THE DREAM
2.1. "Earthquakes and Sharks" — A Song
2.2. "The State Of Superlatives"
3. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
+ IMMERSION PROGRAMME
Download the full-text version of my Spezialgebiet. Here is the download of the file. It is a PDF. I do not recommend that you steal (parts of) my text since YOU will be the one who presents the topic in front of the Matura commission. They can tell if you get the message across authentically. Please contact me in case you are using information of my text. Any questions on that topic?
Sources:
- California Dreams by Karen Carlson-Kreibohm, published by Cornelsen 1992, Berlin
- San Francisco Photocollection, published byby Chronicle Books 2006, San Francisco
- San Francisco (City Guide) by Tom Downs, published by Lonely Planet Publications 2006, San Francisco
- Oasis, originally uploaded by rodrigolab.
Songs I used to represent California:
- Track 1: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie
- Track 2: California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-I-A) by The Beach Boys
- Track 3: Surfin’ USA by the Beach Boys
- Track 4: California by Phantom Planet (original song version)
- Track 5: California by The Mates Of State (a cover of the original for a TV soap)
- Track 6: Earthquakes And Sharks (To Start Us Off) by Brandtson
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- Date · January 29th, 2007
- Categories · High School Era, Traveling the US
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manst net das des a bisl viel is???
du solltest über einen unterpunkt 5 min reden können bei dir is a unterpunkt 1 - 2 stund so wie ich dich kenn!
lg
i was net was i alles machen soll! i wüsst auch so viel! entweder i mach auch so weit gefasste überpunkte oder i ´mach sie a bisl genauer hab dafür weniger arbeit!
lg
ich kann über jeden punkt 5 minuten reden :) ich hab ca 5 songs…. und zwei sind weniger wichtig…. das heißt ich bereit die songs besser vor… den rest schreib i nur so drauf und das kann man dann übergreifend irgendwo einbauen -zb fun made in cali und surfing uuuund vorurteile: sonne strand und meer! :)
und das nächste ist die geschichte mit den hippies!
hey, super spezialgebiet! also wenn du so viel schreibst glaub i ned dass das schlecht ankommt, ganz im gegenteil! wennst dich sowieso so gut auskennst brauchst ja für die matura eh nicht so viel lernen - also schreib rein was du weißt ;)
lg
You need to record yourself giving the speech (oral matura, I guess you said it’s called?) and send it to me so I can hear. It sounds exciting :-D
Also, don’t forgot to mention that California boys and girls are extremely more attractive than any other state’s. I have statistical evidence :-D
We recently watched a documentary about how LA stole water from places all around it. Interesting, but unless you need more info for your LA portion, probably not helpful. Oh well.
WHOOO
thanks blake. I guess that I am having more than enough, but maybe you can help me with the rival of sf and la and north and south california. and dude. “have you ever been south of salinas! :) YEP DUDE (thats a song text of, lemme see, California Saga by the beach boys)
i so hope to be able to talk about earthquakes and sharks :P *hih* huh,……. see ya :)
philippo
and as to the recording: nope, i am not going to do that, you’ll laugh about my accent and stuff like that… :P and if, i wont give it to austin :P hahah
BAM 8-) BAM
THUCK :) MOTHER, FATHER, THICK :P LOL - I am still suffering, if you know what i mean, … remember on our trip to the giants game… austin and your cousin amanda made fun of me…. :P :P :P
dagegen is meine bachelor arbeit NICHTS… viel viel spaß!
@ philipp: check i ned, wie meinst du “nichts” - ja ein spezialgebiet is wenig… :) ich schreib aber eh glaub i nimma mehr dazu :P LOL überall ein paar gedanken formuliere ich…
highly over motivated :)