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Curated OER

Dipping Into the Pond: Transcendentalism and Us

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders have a basic comprehension of transcendentalism and a familiarity with the principal propenents of the philosophy. They recognize of the unique role played by Concord, MA in the dispersion of transcendentalism. ...
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eBook
University of Michigan

Making of America: Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitization of this two-volume, searchable text of Margaret Fuller's memoirs are available.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Margaret Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
Margaret Fuller is featured for her writings during the transcendentalist movement of the nineteenth century, considered progressive for her times as women of the era were not taught to think. Click "Margaret Fuller Activities" for...
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Summer on the Lakes E Text

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a short biography and a analysis of "Summer on the Lakes" by Margaret Fuller. It also contains links to the online text for this essay describing her trip to the Great Lakes in 1843. Text can be viewed on a page-by-page basis in...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oliver Wendell Holmes Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Ths Bibliomania site provides a biography of the 19th century American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Discusses his ancestry, childhood, education, and career in medicine and literature. Includes analyses of his works and a...
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Website
Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Margaret Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing an article on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850 CE), "the first female foreign correspondent," this website includes resources for further reading and research.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Susanna Haswell Rowson

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource offers critical review of Susanna Rowson's "Charlotte Temple" designed for teachers but helpful to students.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810 1850)

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some ideas for discussing the writing of Margaret Fuller. This website provides questions, writing topics, and ideas for making connections with other authors.
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Article
Other

Philosophers: Margaret Fuller's Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
This profile of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) reveals why she is sometimes called "the most important woman of the nineteenth century." Discussion includes her literary criticism, journalism, and her feminist manifesto, Woman of the...
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Website
Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly site with many articles about American transcendental authors, their work, and philosophy.
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Website
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Margaret Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides biographical information about Margaret Fuller and examines her role in the early women's movement. Includes a picture and brief quotes from her writing.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: The Romantic Period, 1820 1860: Essayists and Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Romantic Period's essayists and poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, the Brahmin Poets, and more.
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Primary
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a text excerpt and a link to the full-text audio of Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller. The essay applies the idea of the individual to the enlightenment of all mankind: allowing women as individuals to have...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy

For Students 5th - 8th
A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: American Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the philosophy behind American Transcendalism, and a discussion of many of those who practiced it.
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Website
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Margaret Fuller (1810 1850)

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected quotations from the writing of Margaret Fuller. A brief biography and source information are included.