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Embodied Self-Reliance
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will draw on their direct physical experience to explore Emerson's connection between intuition and embodiment.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7
Structure:
Begin this activity by taking student volunteers to read the following excerpts from "Self-Reliance" out loud.
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it...
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