Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walden

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 Thoreau and Walden (registration required) and to an excerpt from Walden called "Solitude." Student assignments include a quiz over "Solitude" and a writing assignment about individualism vs. conformity in their lives.