Focus: What must we, as Americans, transcend today?
1. Warming up with "Less Stuff, More Happiness"
2. Exploring modern transcendentalist communities (some are actual places; some are cyber spaces)
- What do you, personally, connect to in this Ted Talk?
- What connections can you find between this speaker's message and any of the Transcendentalist essays?
- What are your takeaways from this Ted Talk?
2. Exploring modern transcendentalist communities (some are actual places; some are cyber spaces)
- What are the goals of each community or each speaker?
- Which transcendentalist concepts (self-reliance, strong connection to nature, living deliberately, redefining "essential," and civil disobedience) are celebrated in these communities and by these speakers? What's being transcended, and how?
- Do any of these communities / speakers appeal to any part of you? Why or why not?
Modern Science and How Everything Is Connected
Suelo's Ted Talk
Zero Waste
2. Work on your final speech by writing/outlining, preparing your media, and practicing every night. Be ready to deliver it on the day you signed up; THERE IS A 50% DEDUCTION IN YOUR GRADE FOR NOT GOING ON THE DAY YOU SIGNED UP FOR.
3. Click HERE if you'd like to preview the rubric for your transcendentalist blog posts. Your blog, as well ALL MAKE-UP WORK / REVISIONS FROM THE LAST 6 WEEKS must be completed by 4:00 pm on Friday, December 14. Please note: This will be one of the few assignments that you will not be able to revise or take extra time on because we are at the end of the semester.
Suelo's Ted Talk
Zero Waste
HW:
1. Assigned book club reading and syllabus-creating for Thursday. This will be your final book club discussion.
2. Work on your final speech by writing/outlining, preparing your media, and practicing every night. Be ready to deliver it on the day you signed up; THERE IS A 50% DEDUCTION IN YOUR GRADE FOR NOT GOING ON THE DAY YOU SIGNED UP FOR.
3. Click HERE if you'd like to preview the rubric for your transcendentalist blog posts. Your blog, as well ALL MAKE-UP WORK / REVISIONS FROM THE LAST 6 WEEKS must be completed by 4:00 pm on Friday, December 14. Please note: This will be one of the few assignments that you will not be able to revise or take extra time on because we are at the end of the semester.
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