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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Snow Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "The Snow-storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem The Sphinx" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Thine Eyes Still Shined" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Thine Eyes Still Shined" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: "Waldeinsamkeit" (Forest Solitude) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "Waldeinsamkeit" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive biographical profile of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) that surveys his early life, education, and his career beginning with his years as a schoolteacher. Clickable, multipage entry allows students to learn about the other...
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University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and search for thirty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, taken from the book "Early Poems." Includes a brief biography of Emerson.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Beauty of the Everyday

For Students 9th - 10th
Ralph Waldo Emerson taught us about the presence of nature and something a little divine inside all of us; simultaneously helping usher in what was considered, "America's intellectual declaration of independence." [10:52]
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Literary Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the complete text of Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture, "Literary Ethics," delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College in 1838.
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe.org: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
RWE promotes to a global audience a greater understanding of and appreciation for the life and work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Works are available in downloadable files and many have audio features.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This Poets.org entry for the 19th century American poet, essayist, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) provides biographical information, a select bibliography, and contemporary photograph as well as links to related writers...
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this website, read about the significant events in Emerson's life and learn about the major themes present in his writing.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "Song of Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the poem "The Problem" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1882).
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 10th - 12th
The Transcendentalist movement of the 1820s-1830s promoted the ideas of intuition, independence, and inherent goodness in humans and nature. This excerpt comes from Emerson's most famous essay. "Self-Reliance," which discusses similar...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Culture of Common Man: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Excerpts From "Self Reliance"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Emerson's famous essay emerging from the Transcendentalist period that celebrates unfettered individualism.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Romanticism: "Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
"Self-Reliance" is an essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: The American Scholar

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and listen to the complete text of Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture, "American Scholar," delivered in 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge.
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Young American

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text to the lecture, "The Young American," delivered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1844 to the Mercantile Library Association in Boston.
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rwe: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self Reliance

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text and listen to portions of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance."
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Essays, 2nd Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson concerning transcendentalism in his "Essays, 2nd Series".
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Essays, 1st Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of a collection of essays concerning transcendentalism titled "Essays, 1st Series" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentalist Philosopher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information and lesson ideas pertaining to the famous American thinker. The yellow, left side of the page contains teaching ideas, and the white, right side of the page contains background.
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University of Michigan

Making of America: Ralph Waldo Emerson, by A. Bronson Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Michigan offers this reproduction of Bronson Alcott's work as part of their Making of America series. A search feature allows users to search using boolean operators or a proximity search as well as more basic keyword.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Ralph Waldo Emerson: History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The complete text of Emerson's essay, "History." The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format, or viewed as a webpage. In addition, the essay has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading and math...

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