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Goal 2.2

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.

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Goal 2.2

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  1. Goal 2.2 US Culture Evolves

  2. US Culture • Neoclassical architecture • Alex de Tocqueville (Democracy in America) • Praised young nation’s political system • land of opportunity

  3. Language • Noah Webster Webster’s Dictionary (1806)

  4. Art • Hudson River School of Artists (1825)

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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 amber.cluver@ocs.gaggle.net • In message, paste your link from glogster and send • Your assignment is now submitted! • *Due Thursday February 7

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