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1. Read the questions in each step (so you know what to look for), read the information on the website, and then type the information you learn in your own words.
2. When you have finished answering each question, post your assignment in Edmodo.com
Name _____________Ivan Pamilar____________
Period ______________English 3 honors_________
Transcendentalism Web Quest
"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
Think about the quotation listed above while you answer the following questions in this webquest.
Step one: Gain a basic understanding of Transcendentalism (20 pts). http://womenshistory.about.com/bltranscend.htm?once=true&What is Transcendentalism? http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/amtrans.htm 1. What authors are associated with this movement?
Authors associated include: Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Martineau, and Theodore Parker.
2. What century did this movement take place in?
The transcendentalist movement took place in the nineteenth century, and started approximately in 1820’s.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/transcend.html
3. The Transcendentalists stood at the heart of The American Renaissance-- the flowering of our nation's thought in literature, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Music in the period roughly designated from 1835-1880.
4. What area of the U.S. did this movement begin in?
The movement began in the area of the united states known as: Boston and concord, MA.
5. Emerson attempted to define the philosophy in simple terms as "What is popularly