Transcendentalism 2.2 (PINK ONLY)

Do now: How do you demonstrate that you are an individual? Do you think independently of others or do you follow the crowd?

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. Complete thought chart for "Self-Reliance"
3. Begin reading/annotating "Nature"

4. Summarizer

HW: Read and annotate "Nature"