PPT-Would Thoreau’s Project Work Today?

By Evan Evan Ben and Jordan Squatting Thoreau did not own the land he built his house on Instead he was squatting using an unoccupied space that he didnt have permission to use He squatted for over 2 years . Three rules:. It should be the same dimensions as Thoreau’s cabin, 15’ x 10’ (2 boxes = 1 foot).. No electricity, gasoline, propane, hamster wheels, etc. . No human housemates.. Consider the following:. An APHORISM is a brief cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. . Emerson’s style is . aphoristic. , in other words he incorporates many . quotable . sayings into his essays.. Bell Work. Create a list of famous nonconformists. How did the individuals you listed depart from the norms of their time? Were they punished for their actions? Were they able to win others to their point of view?. Evidence. of Hindu and . Buddhist. Thought in the works of H.D. Thoreau. Elizabeth Thompson. Framingham High School. 2011. Transcendentalism. C. irca 1830 Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were at the forefront of the creation Transcendentalism, a spiritual, political, and intellectual . Do Now:. Take out your packet from yesterday.. Homework:. Get an . Into the Wild . book. Content Objective. : . Students will gain understanding . . on how to complete the “controlling idea” question and an understanding on literary elements of personification, tone , diction, and conflict.. Self-Reliance . to . Civil Disobedience: . Guerilla Transcendentalist Projects. Aerie Treska. English Department. Roland Park Country School. Baltimore, MD . First, some context….. AP English 11. American Literature focus. and Composition. Tuesday, February 3. rd. , 2015. Partner-Score Homework. Due: Read and Annotate. Thoreau . – . On the Duty of Civil . Disobedience. Reminder: . Be honest and accurate in your scoring. “John Muir is remembered primarily as a no-nonsense conservationist and the founding president of the Sierra Club, but he was also a bold adventurer, a fearless scrambler of peaks, glaciers, and waterfalls whose best-known essay includes a riveting account of nearly falling to his death, in 1872, while ascending California’s Mt. Ritter. In another essay Muir rapturously describes riding out a ferocious Sierra gale, by choice, in the uppermost branches of a on-hundred-foot Douglas fir…” (. An exploration of the pond in Concord, MA where the Transcendentalist author lived and recorded his thoughts.. The . Hollowell. Farm. The . Hollowell. Farm. Thoreau uses the . Hollowell. Farm to showcase his belief that purchasing property actually “burns” the new owner. He suggests that one should liberate oneself from the desire to own something because it is better to leave . Art 1- 2,4,6,7. 2. nd. needs to finish cubes from handout- and turn in handout with lines on forms. 4. th. ok- project refined make up work absent people from Thursday and Friday- . 6. th. ok – project refined make up work absent people from Thursday and Friday- . Henry David Thoreau. DO NOW:. List . 3 things. in your life that you do ‘. deliberately. ’.. Henry David Thoreau. 1817-1862. Schoolteacher, essayist, poet. Most famous for . Walden . (pg 204). . English II. Context Clues. The team was . elated. when they won the trophy. . make (someone) ecstatically happy.. During the demonstration, a . skirmish. broke out and the police were called to restore order. . What is this from? . What does it mean?. “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations . [. seizing something without right]. , pursuing invariably the same Object evinces . [shows] . a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism . A life of principle. A. n American author, essayist, poet, Transcendentalist and naturalist. He is best known for his book . Walden. , a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, .