PRESENTATIONS:

• 2 Friday
• 3 Monday

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Be able to explain, in your own words, the major ideas of Emerson (related to TRANSCENDENTALISM).

ACTIVITY

• Working in pairs, pretend you are transcendental journalists, travelling through time to interview Ralph Waldo Emerson:
  • Come up with FIVE questions to ask Emerson about his ideas/beliefs.  THESE SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE IDEAS EXPRESSED IN “NATURE” AND “SELF-RELIANCE”.  (the point of the whole exercise is to improve your understanding of these texts).
  • Come up with FIVE answers that Emerson might give
    • Use quotes/paraphrases from the material we have read in class.
    • Use any background research you do online.