Nonconformists

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__Weekly Word Study__: List 7.5 & [|Vocab. Squares]. Word study is due Wed & Quiz is Friday. __Monday's reading assignment__: Thoreau's Resistance to Civil Government (see links below) __ Tueday's Class __- Meet in Quad C computer lab to continue research for project. __Wednesday__- Reading Quiz on Emerson and Thoreau __Wednesday's Reading assignment__: Gandhi and King on nonviolent resistance __Thursday__- analyzing arguments: fight the power and Malcolm X. Compare/Contrast different means of protest. __Friday__- Project Presentations

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> From 1840-1855, literature in America experienced a rebirth called the New England Renaissance. Through their poetry, short stories, novels, and other works, writers during this period established a clear American voice. No longer did they see their work as less influential than that of European authors. Transcendentalism was a part of this "flowering" of American literature. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were important voices in this philosophical movement that sought to have individuals "transcend" to a higher spiritual level. To achieve this goal, the individual had to seek spiritual, not material, greatness and the essential truths of life through intuition. Emerson was the philosopher and teacher. Thoreau was the student and the practitioner. To learn more about this complex philosophy visit the Web of American Transcendentalism.

__ Weekly Word Study __ : Review [|List 7.0] and complete at least five [|vocabulary squares]by WED. Vocab. Quiz Thursday!

__ Weekly ____ Reading __ : We will read in class excerpts from Emerson ("Nature" and "Self-Reliance") and Thoreau ("Walden" and "Resistance to Civil Government") If you miss class, you can find the essays on the following website: [] __Weekly Thinking__: Charting Trancendentalist Thoughts. This handout is due on Tuesday. __Weekly Discussion__: Please read this week's discussion forum and make at least one post by Friday.

1/18 - 1/20 Introduction to Trancendentalism
Journal Writing on nature Summary Activity of Emerson's "Nature"