Week 6 - Transcendentalism in Pop Culture Project to End Into the Wild Unit
- Mrs. Irving
- Sep 8, 2015
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Your job this week is to complete your final Transcendentalism project by exploring how the concepts promoted by Transcendentalist authors are still relevant in pop culture today. For quotes or paraphrases from Into the Wild, click here to access the full book online.
We will continue exploring literary movements as the semester progresses. (Next up: Modernism & The Great Gatsby)
Monday: No school - Celebrate Labor Day!
Tuesday: Watch this TedTalk video to explore the majesty of nature. Prepare for tomorrow's Transcendentalism Walk by setting up journals. Begin final project by gathering relevant Emerson, Thoreau, and Krakauer quotes and pop culture icons that exhibit the samee Transcendental tenets.
Wednesday: In your journals, compare nature and our school building's sights, smells, and sounds, and what these make you feel and think about. Continue drafting project for final compilation tomorrow and Friday.
Thursday: First, complete this survey. Afterward, you have the entire class period for your project.
Friday: Complete final Transcendentalism projects in computer lab. Submit via blogs.
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