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Louisa May Alcott; The Woman Behind Little Women - 0 views

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    in 2008 this was a film in progress, for American Experience
KM Anderson

On Teaching Thoreau - 2 views

  • The overarching theme for all that follows could be summed up thus: go beyond discussion; do what Thoreau did; react and respond in the moment; then compare your responses to his. Through such means, you may start a conversation with Thoreau that crosses centuries.
  • - Thoreau was an intellectual who could work with his hands.
  • - He was a writer.
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  •   - He was an observer of nature and our greatest nature writer.
  • - He lived for a time at Walden Pond.
  • - He advocated the embrace of solitude and simplicity.
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    good ideas
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    Excellent advice from an experienced (and local) teacher re intro'ing Thoreau to hs students.
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