Transcendentalism 3.1 GREEN WEDNESDAY

Transcendentalism 3.1 GREEN WEDNESDAY

Do now: Download and read over the DPS discussion prompts

Objectives:

• effectively participate in a socratic seminar
• respect differing opinions

Agenda:

1. do now
2. DPS socratic seminar
3. summarizer

HW: Transcendentalism assignment (download from handouts-transcendentalism- transcendentalism and pop culture- copy of transcendentalism and pop culture assignment)

Dead Poets Society- GREEN

Prepare talking points for the Socratic seminar found HERE

PURPLE FRIDAY Transcendentalism 2.2

GREEN WEDNESDAY/ PURPLE FRIDAY Transcendentalism 2.2

Do now: Identify one quote from “Self-Reliance” that confused you.

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 Emerson

Agenda:

1. do now
2. In groups: finish “Self-Reliance” Questions
3. In groups: work on thought chart
4. Import “Walt Whitman poetry” and “DPS intro” handout into notability
5. Individual: read/analyze first two Whitman poems
6. Import “Copy of Walden etext” into notability

HW: Draft of “This I Believe” due TUESDAY. Read and annotate Walden Chapters: “Economy,” “Where I live,” and “Solitude” for MONDAY.

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”