Transcendentalism-Per+2+2010

**RALPH WALDO EMERSON:**
====10/1: Read the Introduction and Chapter I of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature for class by Monday, 10/4. Then, click on the discussion tab above and respond to ONE of the prompts and/or pose a question that you may not have understood from the reading. Feel free to respond to the postings of others, too. You will receive 5 points for a thoughtful response. We'll discuss them in class.====


 * HENRY DAVID THOREAU:**

You will respond to your assigned question(s) related to the reading in class on Wednesday, 10/6:
Walden Questions-Period 2

10/12: After thinking about our opening question (Is there ever a valid reason to break the law?), you will read the following excerpts of Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience. After we discuss as a class, you will respond to the discussion tab at the top of the //Civil Disobedience// page.


 * WALT WHITMAN:**

10/14: You will read the following poem by Walt Whitman, "I Hear America Singing, and rewrite it into a poem called, "I Hear PV Singing." Be prepared to share your version with the class.

10/15: In small groups, read the following stanzas from Walt Whitman's free verse poem, "Song of Myself": Song of Myself excerpts Look for Transcendental elements, and be prepared to share with the class during the 2nd half of the period.