Day 2

Self Reliance and Other Essays Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Art of Preaching

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will conduct a survey of various preaching styles in the Christian tradition to examine the assertions Emerson puts forth in his Divinity Address.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

    Structure:

    In his Divinity Address, Emerson says, "The true preacher can be known by this, that he deals out to the people in his life,—life passed through the fire of thought. But of the bad preacher, it could not be told from his sermon what age of the world he fell in;...

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