Task: Gather background information on the Transcendentalist Movement in American Literature by participating in a web quest activity to better understand the times, the authors, and the philosophies of a movement that influenced several generations.
Directions: Create a Word Document and type in both the questions and answers. Make sure that your name and class period are at the top right hand corner of the page. Use Times-New Roman font size 12. Record all your answers on your document and then submit it below. You must save your Word document before you submit it by uploading it to this site. Do not bring your document to class-it will not be accepted. . You are restricted to the hyperlinks listed below. All necessary information will be found on the selected sites.
Due Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 by 11:59 p.m.! Late work will not be accepted!
Note: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! ANY EVIDENCE OF COPYING MATERIAL VERBATIM OR COPYING IDENTICAL INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER STUDENT WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE!!!!! ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN COMPLETE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT SENTENCES.
Transcendentalism WebQuest
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Step one: Gain a basic understanding of Transcendentalism.
http://www.transcendentalists.com/what.htm (Questions 1-3)
1. What is Transcendentalism?
2. What authors are associated with this movement?
3. What century did this movement take place in?
http://www.thomashampson.com/1997/02/03/the-american-renaissance-transcendentalism/ (Questions 4-6)
4. The Transcendentalists stood at the heart of The American Renaissance-- the flowering of our nation's thought in ________, _______, ________, ________, _________, and _______ in the period roughly designated from ______-______.
5. What area of the U.S. did this movement begin in?
6. Emerson attempted to define the philosophy in simple terms as "What is popularly called Transcendentalism among us, is Idealism; Idealism as it appears in 1842." But it is much larger and more complex than that. How is it described further along in this paragraph?
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/club.html (Questions (7-10)
7. What was the Transcendentalist club?
8. How/why/where did it develop?
9. How difficult was it to become a member of this club?
10. Who called the first-ever meeting of this club?
Step two: Explore several figures from the Transcendentalist movement.
Write 4-5 sentences in your own words summarizing what you learned about each author.
11. Ralph Waldo Emerson: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/emerson/
12. Henry David Thoreau: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau/
13. Margaret Fuller: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/fuller/
Directions: Create a Word Document and type in both the questions and answers. Make sure that your name and class period are at the top right hand corner of the page. Use Times-New Roman font size 12. Record all your answers on your document and then submit it below. You must save your Word document before you submit it by uploading it to this site. Do not bring your document to class-it will not be accepted. . You are restricted to the hyperlinks listed below. All necessary information will be found on the selected sites.
Due Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 by 11:59 p.m.! Late work will not be accepted!
Note: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! ANY EVIDENCE OF COPYING MATERIAL VERBATIM OR COPYING IDENTICAL INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER STUDENT WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE!!!!! ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN COMPLETE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT SENTENCES.
Transcendentalism WebQuest
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Step one: Gain a basic understanding of Transcendentalism.
http://www.transcendentalists.com/what.htm (Questions 1-3)
1. What is Transcendentalism?
2. What authors are associated with this movement?
3. What century did this movement take place in?
http://www.thomashampson.com/1997/02/03/the-american-renaissance-transcendentalism/ (Questions 4-6)
4. The Transcendentalists stood at the heart of The American Renaissance-- the flowering of our nation's thought in ________, _______, ________, ________, _________, and _______ in the period roughly designated from ______-______.
5. What area of the U.S. did this movement begin in?
6. Emerson attempted to define the philosophy in simple terms as "What is popularly called Transcendentalism among us, is Idealism; Idealism as it appears in 1842." But it is much larger and more complex than that. How is it described further along in this paragraph?
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/club.html (Questions (7-10)
7. What was the Transcendentalist club?
8. How/why/where did it develop?
9. How difficult was it to become a member of this club?
10. Who called the first-ever meeting of this club?
Step two: Explore several figures from the Transcendentalist movement.
Write 4-5 sentences in your own words summarizing what you learned about each author.
11. Ralph Waldo Emerson: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/emerson/
12. Henry David Thoreau: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau/
13. Margaret Fuller: http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/fuller/