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LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s lesson you should be able to

1. Explain how Walt Whitman’s Poem “When I heard The Learn’d Astronomer” reflects Transcendentalist Ideas.
2. Explain who HENRY DAVID THOREAU was and why he’s important.
3. Summarize the basic ideas of Walden

THOREAU VIDEO

WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD READ WALDEN

STARTED CLASS WITH VOCAB WARMUP (slide 24)

WENT OVER THOREAU/NATURE QUESTIONS

VIDEO/DISCUSSION about THOREAU and WALDEN