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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Walt Whitman and his invention of the American free verse. It includes links to his poems "Song of Myself" and "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." It provides...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides details about the contributions of Bronson Alcott to transcendental thought and explains his role in Fruitlands and Brook Farm. Explains his innovative educational theories and provides details about his family life.
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Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly site with many articles about American transcendental authors, their work, and philosophy.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Examining Transcendentalism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive instructional activity that allows learners to view the works and ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau through the popular culture of their time. Students use multiple genres to grasp the concepts of...
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: The Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism in America. It looks at the relationship between religion and politics.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Novel: Literary Timeline: Literary Movements: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Background on the literary, religious, and philosophical movement known as Transcendentalism, including central beliefs and writers important to the movement.
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: Transcendentalism: Ideas and Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about American Transcendentalism, and biographies of people who followed this philosophy.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Transcendentalism: The Dial

For Students 9th - 10th
Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry for the Transcendental Club's publication, "The Dial." Provides a history of the publication and its contributing writers.
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Website
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: American Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from Washington State University detailing the emergence of transcendentalism, and quotes from major authors of the time.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy

For Students 5th - 8th
A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and...
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Website
Virginia Commonwealth University

American Transcendentalism Web: William Ellery Channing

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about William Ellery Channing, including samples of his work.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Key Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on key literary terms that fit the writings of the period and an interactive crossword puzzle using the terms and their definitions.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Civil Disobedience

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on civil disobedience using "Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Links are provided to each of the...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Emily Dickinson and her poetry. It includes links to a Discovery Education video: "Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886: An Overview of Her Work" (registration required) and four of...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the leading transcendentalists. It features a link to his biography, and to an excerpt from his essay "Self Reliance." It also offers a quiz...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walden

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Henry David Thoreau's Walden, a book about his living a frugal life in a secluded life in a cabin on Walden Pond. Links are provided to a Discovery Education video about...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 3.9 the Transcendental Number E and Natural Log

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section introduces the transcendental number e which is a special number that is considered a natural base. In addition to exploring how to simplify and solve equations with e, this section also investigates how it can be used to...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part learning module with links to images, websites, videos, slide shows, and quizzes on transcendentalism.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a biographical look at the Transcendentalist writer, Henry David Thoreau, as well as links to further biographical information, major Thoreau sites, Thoreau texts, and even a criticism of his work "Walden," in audio...
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Website
Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Walden Study Text

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Virginia Commonwealth University site contains study notes that explain the text to each chapter of Thoreau's "Walden."
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of different types of transcendentalism is found at this site along with a paragraph about New England Transcendentalism. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in...
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Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Transcendentalists in Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity on the religious, philosophical and literary movement of Transcendentalism founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Article outlines the history and main ideas as well as the far-reaching literary and societal impact of Transcendentalist...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: American Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the philosophy behind American Transcendalism, and a discussion of many of those who practiced it.

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