Open another Firefox tab and go to the Transcendentalism webquest here. Complete the following:
1. Read the information in the links in Step 1. On a sheet of notebook paper, answer the question: what is Transcendentalism? The link here is particularly helpful but doesn't seem to be working today. The link here is not as helpful, but worth a look. Just know that Transcendentalists believe in an a priori condition of knowledge (knowing the philosophical term "a priori" as a high school student will get you major respect when you hang out with your friends already in college).
2. In Step 2, read about Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson. These are the people you will be reading and need to know (i.e., "What characteristics make Emerson "Emerson"?) Be prepared to look at a representative text and tell me which of the four wrote the text. As a primer for this assignment, read the excerpted texts on the website and, on your paper, list the characteristics of each writer's writing.
3. Briefly explain the impact Transcendentalism had on education reform, the women's rights movement, and the Abolitionist movement (Steps 4-6).
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