1. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau  On Walden

2.  From Economy

3. The House  Thoreau described the shanty he bought to be, “of small dimensions, with a peaked cottage roof… the dirt being raised five feet all around as if it were a compost heap. The roof was the soundest part [though] warped and brittle.” (pg 234)

4. The Importance of a Man’s House  Take two minutes and discuss the following with your neighbor: –What is the connection Thoreau is making between men and birds. –What potential is in this connection? *Hint: Think unity!!

5. From Where I Lived and What I lived For  Take 5 minutes and write about: –What Thoreau is saying –What you think about it. How does your idea of living “deliberately” differ?

6. Simplify Simplify Simplify “Our life is flittered away by detail.” What references to simplicity did you find for homework?

7. From Solitude  Men frequently said to Thoreau, “I should think you would feel lonesome down there, and want to be nearer to folks…”

8. From The Bean Field  Take 5 minutes and write the following: –Connect Thoreau’s work on the bean field to Emerson’s ideas from Self Reliance

9. From Brute Neighbors  What is the connection Thoreau is making between the ants war, and humans war?

10. From Conclusion  Take 5 minutes and write about what you think Thoreau meant when he wrote: “The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with path that minds travel. How worn, and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!” “The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with path that minds travel. How worn, and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!”

11. Final Thoughts