Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Thoreau Chronology
This resource offers a detailed chronology of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 CE). Give information on his life, writings, and lectures.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Henry Thoreau
A nice biography on Henry David Thoreau's life, centering mostly on his literary skills.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Transcendentalism
This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Civil Disobedience
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on civil disobedience using "Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Links are provided to each of the...
Cyberbee
Cyber Bee: Henry Builds a Cabin Activity
Activities around the book for kids to do to learn about Henry David Thoreau and his life on Walden Pond.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Roots of Preservation: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Hudson River School
Essay on Emerson, Thoreau and the Hudson River School and the legacy it left. Section for guiding student discussion and scholar's debate.
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Three Thoreaus
Ralph W. Emerson, Robert L. Stevenson, and John Burroughs offer three different views of the famous writer and environmentalist.
Curated OER
Present at the Creation: Thoreau's Walden: Henry David Thoreau
Portrait of Henry David Thoreau.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Louisa May Alcott: Transcendentalism
Explore the impact of transcendentalism on the life of Louisa May Alcott and American society in this video [4:00] from the American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' Emphasizing self-reliance, civil...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Literature of Upheaval [Pdf]
In this lesson, 8th graders read excerpts from Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe and discuss the impact their ideas about society and slavery had when their books were published. They then examine a...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry David Thoreau
American writer Henry David Thoreau.
Other
History of Massachusetts: Henry Thoreau Arrested for Nonpayment of Poll Tax
Henry Thoreau left a legacy for people to listen to and defend their consciences. He felt strongly against taxes and avoided as many as possible, but could not escape the poll tax. This is a concise publication identifying Thoreau's...
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Text/analysis of "The Maine Woods"
Includes the entire e-text of Thoreau's (1817-1862 CE) "Maine Woods," as well as maps of his movement, contemporary and modern reviews, and links to other sites on this work.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: Walden: Conclusion
This is the text of Chapter 18 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: Walden: Economy
This is text and audio of Chapters 1-4 of Walden; or, Life in the Woods, by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings and a manual for self-reliance.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Walden: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
This is the text and audio of Chapter 2.2 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It focuses on where he lived and what he lived for.
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Civil Disobedience" Part 1 of 3
This is the annotated text of Part 1 of "Civil Disobedience," an essay by Henry David Thoreau. The essay, written in 1849, is about following your conscience.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Transcendentalism: Walden
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on Henry David Thoreau's Walden, a book about his living a frugal life in a secluded life in a cabin on Walden Pond. Links are provided to a Discovery Education video about...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: The Romantic Period, 1820 1860: Essayists and Poets
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.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy
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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From Walden
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Walden" by Henry David Thoreau, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From Walden: Where I Lived and What I Lived For
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Walden: Where I Lived and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
Curated OER
Cyber Bee: Meet Henry David Thoreau
Here you can find a series of movie clips with children's author Richard Smith portraying Henry David Thoreau. These clips portray Thoreau on a personal level as he answers numerous questions about his life and work.
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