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Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Meet Henry David Thoreau

For Students 2nd - 5th
Here you can find a series of movie clips with children's author Richard Smith portraying Henry David Thoreau. These clips portray Thoreau on a personal level as he answers numerous questions about his life and work.
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Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Annotated Works of Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an introduction to and the the text of some of Thoreau's most famous works.
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Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Take a Hike With Henry Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
"Henry Hikes to Fitchburg," is a book to introduce students to Henry David Thoreau. The site provides lots of activities and illustrations.
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Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: What Did Henry Look Like?

For Students 9th - 10th
Two online photos of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 CE). Also provides commentary and quotes on the man's physical nature and appearance.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walden

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Henry David Thoreau's Walden, a book about his living a frugal life in a secluded life in a cabin on Walden Pond. Links are provided to a Discovery Education video about...
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Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Henry Builds a Cabin Activity

For Students 2nd - 5th
Activities around the book for kids to do to learn about Henry David Thoreau and his life on Walden Pond.
eBook
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Cape Cod"

For Students 9th - 10th
The Thoreau Reader includes a full online text of Henry David Thoreau's compelling book-length commentary on nature and society, "Cape Cod." Also includes maps, reviews, and further links and information to this work.
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Curated OER

Present at the Creation: Thoreau's Walden: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Portrait of Henry David Thoreau.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Walden

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Henry David Thoreau's Walden has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy

For Students 5th - 8th
A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of...
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Other

Walden Woods Project: World Wide Waldens: Activity Guide: Read Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from Walden, with suggested discussion questions and journaling prompts.
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Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Text/analysis of "The Maine Woods"

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes the entire e-text of Thoreau's (1817-1862 CE) "Maine Woods," as well as maps of his movement, contemporary and modern reviews, and links to other sites on this work.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a...
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Curated OER

American Writers: Emerson & Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
An informational site on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Includes general information about each one's life, works, and writings, including Nature and Walden. Also includes links to other sites.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Walden Pond

For Students 9th - 10th
Now part of a state reservation, Henry David Thoreau's cabin was located here. The time Thoreau spent here was inspiration for his conservationist treatise Walden.
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Curated OER

Etc: The Concord Neighbourhood, 1830 1880

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the vicinity of Concord, Massachusetts, during the Transcendentalism Movement around 1830 to 1880. The map shows the important sites related to the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson...

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