Carl Haarmann, Nashoba Regional High School, Bolton -- English

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Unit on Transcendentalism

What follows is a ten week syllabus, one marking quarter, to be offered to college-bound juniors on the subject of American Transcendentalism.  The objectives of the course are threefold.  First, the students will become conversant with the writers and the origins and issues of the period.  Second, the students will take themselves more seriously as individuals.  And third, the students will take themselves more seriously as members of a  community. 

Bill Schechter, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School -- English

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Meet Mr. Thoreau

Elective class based around four units: "The Man and His Times," "The Naturalist," "The Social Critic," and "The Political Rebel."  Particular focus on establishing a connection to local history and landscape.

Robert Walker, Weston High School -- English

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One Square Mile Project

This unit is designed to make students observers of their own home town just at the time their focus is away on colleges and travels. This unit will teach students to appreciate Thoreau’s sense of place, to foster their own sense of place, and, hence, to learn about themselves.