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Goal 2.2. US Culture Evolves. US Culture. Neoclassical architecture Alex de Tocqueville ( Democracy in America ) Praised young nation’s political system land of opportunity. Language. Noah Webster Webster’s Dictionary (1806). Art. Hudson River School of Artists (1825). Literature. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Goal 2.2US Culture Evolves
US Culture Neoclassical architecture
Alex de Tocqueville (Democracy in America) Praised young nation’s political system
land of opportunity
Language
Noah Webster Webster’s Dictionary (1806)
Art Hudson River School of Artists (1825)
Literature
Knickerbocker School Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle & Legend
of Sleepy Hollow Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the
Mohicans Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
Transcendentalism
Individualism & self-reliance (rather than religious faith)
Find truth Natural beauty Individuals follow own path (do not
conform!) Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David
Thoreau
US HistoryTranscendentalist Glogster
Project: Choose 5 transcendentalist
quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson & 5 transcendentalist quotes from Henry David Thoreau to put on your glob
Create an account at Glogster.com
Create a glog with your 5 quotes from each transcendentalist writer (10 quotes in total)
INCLUDE AUTHOR’S NAME WITH QUOTES
Personalize your glog with
colors or visuals Save your glog as “private”
and choose to copy link Log in to your gaggle
account (gaggle.net) and compose a message to me at [email protected]
In message, paste your link from glogster and send
Your assignment is now submitted!
*Due Thursday February 7
