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Dystopian Roots and Transcendental Boots...How Romantic.
Grade Level:
11
Subject:
Language Arts
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Goal Summary:
To have students learn for themselves, the power of their individual self. To have them come to the conclusion that we are better off being better to each other. A lofty goal to drag students through the dark pits of their habits, over hot coals of conformity and into the light, realizing how much power a lone individual with a hammock and a notebook can have. My goal is to have a student write a poem about the power of "outside". My goal is to have a student hand me a movie as a gift and say "transcendentalism is the reason these people are so cool". Both of these things have happened. That is why I teach this unit. This is why I teach.
Standards Met:
Essential Questions:
Who are we as a whole? What does our society represent? What do we value?
How has the "American Dream" played a part in our views?
What happens when all of these dreams are stripped (OR DEFERRED)? -see Hughes, Langston
How have people made a difference and brought light through cracks? -see Cohen, Leonard
What power does nature have for an individual?
How has nature freed almost every character in the history of literature?
What gives man the willpower to stand up for what they believe in?
What are we as humans taking for granted?
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