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Measuring Worth - Relative Value of US Dollars - 2 views

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Thoreau money money.across.time year.money.converter

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  • KM Anderson on 11 May 10
     
    by Consumer Price Index, Thoreau's house ($28) would have cost about $794 today; by skilled labor wages, approx $12K.
  • KM Anderson on 11 May 10
KM Anderson

Departments > History > Thoreau Course - 0 views

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Thoreau teaching.resources quotes

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  • 1. How can one find truth and, specifically, the meaning of life? Can you find it by reasoning? How would you define "reason"? 2. What is the relationship between these two words: "religion" and "spirituality"? Are they the same? 3. If you belive in God, how do you understand the problem of salvation? How does one find God? How is one to be "saved"? How does one find a place in Heaven? 4. Have you ever had a "religious experience"? Where and when? 5. How would you describe your own personal relationship to nature? 6. Do you support the current environment movement? If so, why?
  • A SELECTION OF THOREAU QUOTATIONS (FOR REFLECTION & THE JOURNAL)
  • What is religion? That which is never spoken.
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls.
  • Any melodious sound apprises me of the infinite wealth of God.
  • In wildness is the preservation of the world.
  • When I hear a robin sing at sunset, I cannot help contrast the magnanimity of nature with the bustle and impatience of man.
  • It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
  • In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they shall fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
  • The ways by which you get money almost without exception lead downward.To have done anything by which you earned money merely is to have been truly idle or worse
  • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
  • KM Anderson on 11 May 10
     
    how a history teacher build a replica of T's house at Walden: excellent
  • KM Anderson on 11 May 10
     
    this is the material of Bill Schechter, a teacher (now retired) in the hist dept at Lincoln-Sudbury (MA) High School, located near to Thoreau's Concord. Look elsewhere on the LSRHS site for more excellent material from Mr. Schechter re Thoreau
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Steinbeck American Literature The Pearl literature

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  • The Themes: The themes of Steinbeck's story are those that go beyond the moral that might have been heard by Mexican villagers as they listened to it. Teachers can ask students to think about the message this story might give to ignorant, poverty-stricken people and discuss the irony in this message. Students can be led to an understanding of this irony as they deal with questions such as: What message might poor villagers who cannot read hear from this story as it is told? What effect does the message they hear have on their lives? Steinbeck's themes show the irony of the simple message heard by poor villagers: wealth (money) brings evil. Of course, this message also may be considered as one of the themes of Steinbeck's novella. However, students might be able to identify more hidden themes: ignorance leads to subjugation and oppression; things (and people) are not always what they seem; goodness is not always the result of learning; evil can be found in many forms; at times the people and institutions we most respect are the embodiment of evil-including those that preach against it or claim to heal it.
  • allisonfuhr on 27 Jun 17
     
    Thematic Unit for teaching John Steinbeck's "The Pearl." Includes in-depth content on theme, setting, plot structure, and main events. 
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