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Approaching Walden

The Walden Seminars

AW 2004 Seminar Overview

July 12 - 23, 2004

During the summer of 2004, 12 educators from 10 Massachusetts schools participated in the Approaching Walden summer seminar.  Representing Life Sciences, English, History, and Spanish Language Arts, participants created lesson plans designed to engage their students in projects related to their home community and facilitate better learning in the process. 

* Photo Gallery #1

* Photo Gallery #2

* 2004 Lesson Plans

* ALL Lesson Plans

2004 Approaching Walden Participants

Photograph courtesy Michael Barczak

Michael Barczak, an Approaching Walden 2005 participant, was

 inspired to draw this water-color painting (14 x 11 inches) during the seminar

"Mr. Thoreau,

To walk in your shoes, smell the fragrant outdoors, hear the silent woods alive.  I am the last, but just for now, for upon reading this word you too may wish to seek the wild..."

Michael Barczak

2004

Massachusetts Schools Represented in 2004:

• Burlington High School

• Reading Memorial High School

• Bishop Connolly High School

• New Bedford High School

• Walpole High School

• Berkshire Community College

• Winchester High School

• Lexington High School

• Masconomet Regional High School

• Chicopee Comprehensive High School