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Pop-Culture //Transcendentalism Scrapbook//! //Block 2 // "Look around you, so many options, countless choices to be made, a future yet to be decided. Each option bringing freedom, this freedom harboring individuality. Yet are we free? The options define our freedom, but their lies confine to each. A path marked out by those before you, a trail already traveled. Is it freedom to follow those before you? Is it freedom to follow a pre-determined path? What has come from our “freedoms,” but an extended assembly line called "life." The oppressive nature of a society based on expectations limits all freedom of choice. The options remain, but do they really exist?" //Paul Hess 2011 //

//The Project: //  //So, What’s the point of this? // //More importantly: //
 * ====//** • To acknowledge the existence of transcendental thought in today’s society/media. **//====
 * ====//** • To develop a better understanding and/ or appreciation of the transcendental philosophy through the study of pop culture. **//====
 * ====//** • M.L.A. Formatting- Determining credible sources. **//====
 * //** • To expand skill of analyzing and applying quotes of others **//
 * //** Writing skills: Say/Mean/So What? Writing- Use of Transition words. **//
 * //To develop problem solving skills through the demands to troubleshoot and determine best means possible to upload, relay and design your information for your web page. //
 * //To enhance your web 2.0 knowledge / skills ////through collaborative webdesign. //

THE FOLLOWING ARE GUIDELINES FOR EACH GROUPS' WEBPAGE!!!! > I will guide you through editing your webpage, but you are responsible for supplying all the preceding information for your page. I will use the following criteria to create your rubric as well.
 * You are assigned to one of the following groups and you are required to research your information, design and layout your page, and upload all information required for us to learn from your page as well as provide enough proof to me that you truly understand transcendentalism and its presence today.

**CHECK OUT THE QUOTES POSTED AROUND OUR CLASSROOM FOR REMINDERS OF WHAT YOU FIGURED OUT !!!**

THEMES: You may find evidence affirming or negating any of the following themes..
**SELF RELIANCE**: "Trusting of one's own instincts, or Shunning what society makes us do, doing our "own thing" and finding pride in our own accomplishments by doing, rather than just talking about doing something!!.

**HUMANS ARE innately** **"good"** and that they are only corrupted by society.

**TECHNOLOGY AS DESTRUCTIVE to our INDIVIDUALITY:** Much of it controls us and dissolves our own genius. We are to be innovators, not plagiarizers or reliant upon the ideas of others and claiming them as our own. "His genius deserts him" as he has begun to doubt his own intellect. **LOVE and KINSHIP WITH NATURE**: To see ourselves in an equal relationship with the natural world. ("occult relationship") Since nature is "divine" and we are part of it, so are we divine, body and soul. Nature is not to be dominated, but admired and respected as it brings us peace of mind and soul, away from a materialistic and cruel world.

**NON-CONFORMITY:** Society is a "conspiracy" against your individuality as it intimidates and monopolizes ingenuity. Amidst it, it is impossible for us to truly find our selves and to be what the spirit in us truly desires to be.

**MATERIALISM** controls us and has ultimately caused us to place artificial value on superficial elements, rather than spiritual and moral.

**So, WHAT GOES ON THIS PAGE?** ( Your rubric is based entirely on the following criteria and quality of the the summary, and analysis- USE THE HANDOUT BELOW!!!! "Major Tenets of Transcendentalism")

__ For Art GROUP: __

**__ONE piece of art/ entry per member- of art- visual__**

1. POST the piece -Title of the piece 2. ADD : Title, Artist name, Year of print / work. (YOU MUST CITE THE ARTIST’S NAME and Title) 3. SUMMARY/ MEANING: What exactly are we looking at in this picture- what were the artist’s intentions? 4. ANALYSIS/ SO WHAT does this have to do with Transcendentalism?: Below each piece of art: A brief analysis as to what transcendentalist themes you find illustrated and where, specifically you find them.
 * MUST INCORPORATE ONE QUOTE FROM EITHER EMERSON OR THOREAU, into this analysis.
 * **USE THE HANDOUT TO GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS:**
 * **See Hand out.**
 * //Consider: Comics, sculptures, drawings, sketches, paintings, photography, digitally imaged art and so on…. You may even submit a piece of your own that illustrates ANY of the themes//

__ For Fiction/ Non-fiction GROUP: __ **__At Least one entry /selections per member__** 1. IMAGE: “book cover” 2. INFO: Title of selection- Author name 3. Year of print/ work- possible link to amazon.com to purchase it? 4. SUMMARY: A Brief summary of the book’s content: YOU MUST WRITE THIS!! 5. QUOTE: provide a quote that illustrates the theme of… 6. ANALYSIS/ SO WHAT does this have to do with Transcendentalism: For each entry, provide a brief analysis as to what transcendentalist themes you find illustrated and where, specifically you find them.


 * MUST INCORPORATE ONE QUOTE FROM EITHER EMERSON OR THOREAU, into this analysis.
 * **USE THE HANDOUT TO GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS:**
 * **See “Tenets of Transcendentalism” Hand out.**

//* Consider: novels, short stories, plays, a book series, graphic novels (keep in mind too, that most great films were once a novel) graphic novels, epic poems, or even a non-fiction novel.//

__ For Music GROUP: __ **__You must have ONE Entry per person- samples of at least 3 different styles/ genres of music from any time period!!__**
 * Use [|www.**youtube**in**mp4**.com-] for music and video
 * Use [|http://www.youtube-mp3.org-] for just the Mp3 version

1. INFO. Title of piece- Title of album- image of the album cover? 2. lyricist (if possible) and artist/ singer’s name 3. Year of release and image 4. SUMMARY: A Brief summary of the song’s content: YOU MUST WRITE THIS!! 5. QUOTE: provide a quote that illustrates the theme of… 6. ANALYSIS/ SO WHAT does this have to do with Transcendentalism: For each entry, provide a brief analysis as to what transcendentalist themes you find illustrated and where, specifically you find them.
 * MUST INCORPORATE ONE QUOTE FROM EITHER EMERSON OR THOREAU, into this analysis.
 * **USE THE HANDOUT TO GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS:**
 * **See “Tenets of Transcendentalism” Hand out.**

//* Consider, country, rock, broadway, Disney musicals, pop, polka, opera, emo, punk, gospel, and so on.//

__ For Film and Television GROUP: __ **__At least ONE Film per member:__** imported (ripped and converted as MP4 or MOV- UPLOADED TO YOUR PAGE **–**

1. INFO: Title of piece- Title of album 2. lyricist (if possible) and artist/ singer’s name 3. Year of release and Image 4. SUMMARY: A Brief summary of the movie's content: YOU MUST WRITE THIS!! 5. QUOTE: provide a quote that illustrates the theme of… 6. ANALYSIS/ SO WHAT does this have to do with Transcendentalism: For each entry, provide a brief analysis as to what transcendentalist themes you find illustrated and where, specifically you find them.
 * **__USE__** [|www.**youtube**in**mp4**.com] to download and then import the trailer or video clip from
 * youtube. IMBD also offers trailers.


 * MUST INCORPORATE ONE QUOTE FROM EITHER EMERSON OR THOREAU, into this analysis.
 * **USE THE HANDOUT TO GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS:**
 * **See “Tenets of Transcendentalism” Hand out.**

//* Consider looking for: many different genres ranging from Pixar, Disney, to modern day Paramount/ Universal films. Or even sitcoms, cartoons, or other programs found on Tv. (seriously consider The Discovery Channel!)//

__ For Poetry GROUP: __ **__At least one poem per member-__** 1. INFO: Title (in quotation marks) and author's name and POEM itself 2. year it was written/ image of author??? Or image that aligns with poem? 3. SUMMARY: A Brief summary of the poem's message: YOU MUST WRITE THIS!! 4. QUOTE: provide a quote that illustrates the theme of… 5. ANALYSIS/ SO WHAT does this have to do with Transcendentalism: For each entry, provide a brief analysis as to what transcendentalist themes you find illustrated and where, specifically you find them.
 * MUST INCORPORATE ONE QUOTE FROM EITHER EMERSON OR THOREAU, into this analysis.
 * **USE THE HANDOUT TO GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS:**
 * **See “Tenets of Transcendentalism” Hand out.**

//* Consider different types of poetry, free verse, or.. Authors may be from any time period: You may even write one for the page.//

//* Consider Emily Dickenson, Robert Frost, ee cummings, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, ....//

__Random Examples: (Miscellaneous)GRO__UP.

**__At least ONE entry PER group member- of Transcendentalism from pop culture:__ (music, fiction, non fiction, poetry, film, commercial, tv series, Artwork: comics/ prints/ paintings/ et cetera. )**

1. FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ABOVE FOR THE GENRE YOU CHOOSE TO POST.

//* You need to post four different types of examples of pop culture transcendentalism. Consider Films, songs, books, stories, sitcoms, comics, cartoons, poems, newscasts, editorials, images, artwork….WHERE DO WE SEE OR HEAR of this philosophy today?//