Compare and contrast main ideas, writing style, voice
Twain – “The Lowest Animals” (pg. 646-650)
List 20 reasons that, according to Twain, man is the lowest animal.
Emerson- Self Reliance (pg. 245-247)
1. What is the most requested virtue?
2. Explain his statement: Accept the place the divine providence has found for you.
3. According to Emerson, what's the only sacred thing?
- Venn Diagram for similarities and differences between Twain and Emerson's ideas
Classroom discussion (you must discuss the reading within your small groups AND during class discussion to receive a good discussion grade)
King- Letter from Birmingham Jail (pg. 281)
1. Why was King arrested?
2. What does he infer in the first paragraph?
3. Why does he say the laws are not democratic?
Gandhi- Nonviolent Resistance (pg. 278-279)
1. What makes a victorious nation bad tempered?
2. What does the phrase "it takes two" have to do with Gandhi's talk?
- Venn Diagram for similarities and differences between KIng and Gandhi's ideas
Classroom discussion (you must discuss the reading within your small groups AND during class discussion to receive a good discussion grade)
Review- Transcendentalism and Utopian Societies
Thoreau- Civil Disobedience (pg. 269-274)
1. Why did Thoreau go to jail?
2. What gets in the way of the American people?
3. What does he say about commerce?
4. Explain this line: For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be; what is once well done is done forever.
5. What does he suggest would be a better punishment than putting people in jail?
6. What did he learn from his experience in jail (support your claim).
Thoreau - Walden- (pg. 255-262
1. What does he mean by living deliberately?
2. Do you agree with his thoughts on simplicity? Why/Why not?
3. What does he think about the railroad?
4. Why does he live in the country instead of the city?
5. How does he compare the ants to the humans?
Skip the loon story and go to "Conclusion"
6. Summarize the advice he gives in this section
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8FUPrd5ra0
Walden
Do transition farms or transcendentalist attempts exist today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6F-DmHdWU8