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Mystics, Wanderers, and a Trip Down the Mississippi

Mystics, Wanderers, and a Trip Down the Mississippi. 4 October 2012. The tiger usually (A) hunts by night and feeds (B) on a variety of animals , but it (C) prefers fairly large prey such as (D) deer and wild pigs . No error (E). Activator.

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Mystics, Wanderers, and a Trip Down the Mississippi

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  1. Mystics, Wanderers, and a Trip Down the Mississippi 4October 2012

  2. The tiger usually (A) hunts by night and feeds (B) on a variety of animals, but it(C) prefers fairly large prey such as(D) deer and wild pigs. No error (E)

  3. Activator List three to fivethings that you learned during “The Amazing Race”.

  4. Activating Strategy Record a response to each of the following pictures.

  5. Activating Strategy 1. List at least two emotions that each painting makes you feel. 2. Which picture did you like best? Why?

  6. Remember… (timeline) pre-Columbus - 1840

  7. Remember… (timeline) 1620-1776

  8. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism (timeline) 1750-1815

  9. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism A. Revolutionary Period – when the American colonies joined together to break free from the British government

  10. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism A. Revolutionary Period – when the American colonies joined together to break free from the British government *formed the United States of America

  11. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism B. Nationalism – patriotism, loyalty to one’s country

  12. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism B. Nationalism – patriotism, loyalty to one’s country *after the Revolutionary War, people began to be proud of being from the U.S.A. and focused on what it meant to be an American

  13. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism Major authors: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine

  14. I. Revolutionary Period and Nationalism REVIEW List three points about this time period WITHOUT looking at your notes.

  15. II. Romanticism (timeline) 1800-1840

  16. II. Romanticism A. Age of Enlightenment: in the 1700s, science advanced very quickly and people began to believe that science/reason were more important than faith/religion vs.

  17. II. Romanticism A. Age of Enlightenment: in the 1700s, science advanced very quickly and people began to believe that science/reason were more important than faith/religion *results: dictionaries, Industrial Revolution, population growth

  18. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas

  19. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas * believed that feelings were more important than reasonor logic vs.

  20. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas * believed that feelings were more important than reasonor logic * valued individualism, nature, imagination, creativity, and emotions

  21. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas * valued individualism, nature, imagination, creativity, and emotions * believed that studying nature led to an authentic understanding of truth and beauty

  22. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas * city vs. countryside - city: poor morals and corruption, rational thought

  23. II. Romanticism B. Romanticists – rejected these ideas * city vs. countryside - city: poor morals and corruption, rational thought - countryside: moral clarity, imagination

  24. Romanticism Major authors: Herman Melville (Moby-Dick), Washington Irving (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “Rip Van Winkle”)

  25. Romanticism Review – Love/Hate Think about the views of the Romanticists. List two things that they agreedand two that they disagreed with. Two each:

  26. III. Transcendentalism (timeline) 1830s-1850

  27. III. Transcendentalism A. Creation of Transcendentalism * Ralph Waldo Emerson * New England

  28. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * to discover the truth about God, nature, yourself, and everything else, you must listen to your intuition

  29. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * to discover the truth about God, nature, yourself, and everything else, you must listen to your intuition - intuition=“listen to your heart”

  30. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * all of the natural world was a reflection of a Divine Soul (God)

  31. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * all of the natural world was a reflection of a Divine Soul (God) - nature was the gateway to the Divine Soul

  32. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * all of the natural world was a reflection of a Divine Soul (God) - nature was the gateway to the Divine Soul - God is good, death is a part of life, optimistic

  33. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * relying on yourself and being anindividual were the most important ways to live

  34. III. Transcendentalism B. Beliefs * relying on yourself and being anindividual were the most important ways to live - authority, society’s rules, and rational/scientific thought only kept people from being themselves

  35. III. Transcendentalism Major authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson (“Self-Reliance”), Henry David Thoreau (“Walden”, “Civil Disobedience”)

  36. IV. Realism (timeline) 1850-1900

  37. IV. Realism - 1850: Fugitive Slave Act

  38. IV. Realism (timeline) - 1850: Fugitive Slave Act - Women’s Rights Movement: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Candy Stanton

  39. IV. Realism - 1859: Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species” - theory of evolution, biology became the focus of science

  40. IV. Realism - 1861-1865: U.S. Civil War

  41. IV. Realism - 1850: U.S. population is 23 million

  42. IV. Realism - 1850: U.S. population is 23 million - 1900: population is 76 million

  43. IV. Realism A. Definition of Realism – writers began to write about all of these issues that were affecting their country and their lives

  44. IV. Realism A. Definition of Realism – writers began to write about all of these issues that were affecting their country and their lives - issues: evolution(and developments in science), industrial development, civil war, racism, enormous cities, corrupt politicians, etc.

  45. IV. Realism B. Goals of Realism * represent the everyday world like it really is

  46. IV. Realism B. Goals of Realism * represent the everyday world like it really is * show ordinary people

  47. IV. Realism B. Goals of Realism * represent the everyday world like it really is * show ordinary people * interested in science, psychology, and social issues

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