PURPLE FRIDAY/ Transcendentalism 2.4

PURPLE FRIDAY/ Transcendentalism 2.4

Do know: Whose writing style do you prefer-- Emerson or Thoreau?  Why/why not

Objectives:

identify elements of transcendentalism such as the connection between people and nature, an individual's ability to think freely, and the importance of spiritual self-reliance to the individual found in the works of Emerson and Thoreau.

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Song! Instructions

3. Activity: Identify key quotations from the excerpt that reveal Thoreau’'s thinking about the relationship between humans and nature. Explain the relationship between the quotation chosen and the basic characteristics of transcendentalism.

4. DPS

5. Summarizer

HW: Read and annotate Walden chapters: “Higher Laws,” “Conclusion,” and “Civil Disobedience”