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Lumen Learning

Lumen: The Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism in America. It looks at the relationship between religion and politics.
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PBS

Pbs: American Novel: Literary Timeline: Literary Movements: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Background on the literary, religious, and philosophical movement known as Transcendentalism, including central beliefs and writers important to the movement.
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: Transcendentalism: Ideas and Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about American Transcendentalism, and biographies of people who followed this philosophy.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Transcendentalism: The Dial

For Students 9th - 10th
Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry for the Transcendental Club's publication, "The Dial." Provides a history of the publication and its contributing writers.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: American Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from Washington State University detailing the emergence of transcendentalism, and quotes from major authors of the time.
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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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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Key Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on key literary terms that fit the writings of the period and an interactive crossword puzzle using the terms and their definitions.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Civil Disobedience

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on civil disobedience using "Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Links are provided to each of the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Emily Dickinson and her poetry. It includes links to a Discovery Education video: "Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886: An Overview of Her Work" (registration required) and four of...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the leading transcendentalists. It features a link to his biography, and to an excerpt from his essay "Self Reliance." It also offers a quiz...
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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 3.9 the Transcendental Number E and Natural Log

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section introduces the transcendental number e which is a special number that is considered a natural base. In addition to exploring how to simplify and solve equations with e, this section also investigates how it can be used to...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part learning module with links to images, websites, videos, slide shows, and quizzes on transcendentalism.
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Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a biographical look at the Transcendentalist writer, Henry David Thoreau, as well as links to further biographical information, major Thoreau sites, Thoreau texts, and even a criticism of his work "Walden," in audio...
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Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Walden Study Text

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Virginia Commonwealth University site contains study notes that explain the text to each chapter of Thoreau's "Walden."
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of different types of transcendentalism is found at this site along with a paragraph about New England Transcendentalism. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Transcendentalists in Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity on the religious, philosophical and literary movement of Transcendentalism founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Article outlines the history and main ideas as well as the far-reaching literary and societal impact of Transcendentalist...
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Digital History

Digital History: American Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the philosophy behind American Transcendalism, and a discussion of many of those who practiced it.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Composition: Transcendentalism: Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on various types of phrases including: Prepositional, Appositive, Participial, Gerund, and Infinitive. It defines each and provides examples; these are followed by a self-assessment identifying the different types of...
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Virginia Commonwealth University

American Transcendentalism Web: Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.
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Other

Tm Program: Transcendental Meditation Scientific Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific research on the health benefits associated with Transcendental Meditation. Over 30 years and 500 studies verify its effectiveness.
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Other

Transcendental Meditation

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcendental meditation was made popular by the 60s and 70s generations to attain "Inner happiness and fulfillment." This site presents the program.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math Forum response to request for information on various number sets. Also defined and discussed are integers, natural numbers, whole numbers, irrational numbers, transcendental numbers, and algebraic numbers.

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