Great Valley High School

Creating a new age of learning

Transcendentalism

Intro Material

Transcendentalism Prezi (as shown in class)

About the Authors

Thoreau Bio

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

Materials

Intro PPT reviewed in class

Final Project Explanation

The Text: Annotated eText

I encourage you to explore this site; it has MUCH to offer, particularly if you are moved by the Thoreauvian lifestyle.

"Civil Disobedience"

Unit Overview + Tasks & Activities

This is the document I gave out in class (2018).

Resources

Audio Version

Annotated E-Text (with helpful explanations and links)

Extensions

Thoreau Society

The history of how "Civil Disobedience" has been used.

Self Reliance

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Excerpt we read in class

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Carlino, Brittany