Transcendentalism DO Now

Which of the following is NOT a tenet of Transcendentalism?

• Connecting With Nature

• Nonconformity/Free Thought

• Materialism

• Self-Reliance

Which tenet does this image fit with BEST?

Which tenet of Transcendentalism fits BEST with this image?

• Connecting with Nature

• Self-Reliance

• Nonconformity

Self-Reliance is all about Inner Strength, Freedom from Dependence, and Embracing the

Concord Massachusetts is home to a famous pond called... (HINT: It is the name of a book)

This cabin was built by which Transcendentalist author?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Herman Melville

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

True or False: The Salem Witch trials (from The Crucible) took place almost 30 years after the Transcendentalist Movement started

• True

• False

According to Transcendentalists, all people are born good. What makes people bad?

• Religion

• College

• Society

• Matthew McConaughey

Why don't Transcendentalists like this animal?

• Sheep are not considered religious symbols

• Sheep don't think for themselves

• Sheep committed war crimes in former Yugoslavia

• Sheep eat all the crops

What are Calvin and Hobbes doing?

• Contemplating tax evasion

• Questioning Norms

• Embracing the Wilderness

• Communing with the elephants