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"Born a poor young country boy--Mother Nature's son  All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone.

 Sit beside a mountain stream--see her waters rise  Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies.

 Find me in my field of grass--Mother Nature's son  Swaying daises sing a lazy song beneath the sun.

 Mother Nature's son"

 -The Beatles [|Wiki Resources.docx] (another good create-a-book resource)
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 * Welcome** to your Honors English 11 Wikispace for Transcendentalism.


 * Purpose:** This multimedia project is designed to help you experience and apply the Transcendental concepts of non-conformity, self-reliance, free-thought, confidence, and the importance of nature in today's culture. Also, we will be collaborating to innovate solutions to real world problems through the Transcendental concepts.

**The Project:** You will be assigned to an Ecovillage with roles (Conservation Chief, Sustainability Overseer, Green Thumb) and tasks to complete. Your tasks could be solved through a variety of multimedia tools: videos, podcasts, magazine articles, blog posts, PowerPoint presentations, websites, etc. Your imagination is the limit. You will complete four tasks during the Transcendentalism unit; each task will correspond with a specific area of Transcendentalism: Non-Conformity, Self-Reliance, Free-Thought, Confidence, and the Importance of Nature.

· **The Green Anarchist Conservancy** – Miss Klingler and Ms. Moeller: Responsible for final assessment of task completion and quality. · **Conservation Chief** – The Conservation Chief must delegate work to the village, personally upload to the wikispace, and generally take responsibility for the group. The Conservation Chief is responsible for proofreading all grammar and spelling for the post. · **Sustainability Overseer –** The Sustainability Overseer is the second-in command. The Sustainability Overseer assists the Conservation Chief in duties and records participation of group members and takes notes on group progress. Publishes meeting notes (attendance and role fulfillment) for The Green Anarchist Conservancy. · **Green Thumbs** – These worker bees complete the work delegated by the Conservation Chief. These members do the “behind-the-scenes” research to help the Conservation Chief make a successful post.
 * The Ecovillage Roles: **


 * Assessment**: You will be evaluated as a group for your response to the assigned task and, at the end of the unit, as an individual for your active participation and contributions to your Ecovillage.

__**Rules** __  1. Do not edit a page unless instructed to do so. The system keeps a log of sign-in times, IP addresses, and passwords.  2. If you want to respond to another group’s post, you can only do so in your following post or in the discussion forum. You may NOT edit another group’s page unless the edit is part of an assignment from your teacher.