Emerson and Thoreau Program
Video Clip List
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| 1 |
00:54.8 |
2:07.3 |
The 19th century writers were the start of the 21st century. Emerson & Thoreau's writings re: relationship between nature and society. |
| 2 |
02:21.8 |
03:31.0 |
How did society's philosophy and the Calvinist movement influence the writings of Emerson & Thoreau? |
| 3 |
03:31.0 |
04:14.8 |
Description of Walden Pond, then and today |
| 4 |
04:14.9 |
05:03.4 |
Explains how Emerson was considered the spirit of Concord, writes Nature |
| 5 |
06:28.5 |
08:18.2 |
Describes the social and industrial events and activities that took place during the 1830's and 1840's Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 6 |
08:18.8 |
08:54.0 |
Population description: 1830's, 1840's, 1850's and 1860's |
| 7 |
09:00.8 |
09:28.2 |
Pronunciation of Thoreau |
| 8 |
09:29.1 |
10:39.6 |
Who is David Thoreau? |
| 9 |
12:06.1 |
12:54.2 |
Emerson & Thoreau's social reform beliefs and writings are the seed to the women's rights movement and abolition of slavery |
| 10 |
14:02.0 |
15:03.4 |
Thoreau's position on slavery is presented through his works |
| 11 |
15:11.5 |
15:41.7 |
Emerson's influence on Thoreau |
| 12 |
15:55.7 |
17:05.0 |
Emerson & Thoreau's writings created a sense of democrat individualism |
| 13 |
17:18.0 |
17:46.0 |
How did Emerson & Thoreau's writings affect leaders like Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the King of Denmark Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 14 |
18:44.5 |
20.06.0 |
Explains the book Nature |
| 15 |
20.43.9 |
21.13.7 |
Geographical description of Walden Pond |
| 16 |
23.53.8 |
24.33.8 |
The eastern or Asian influence on Emerson |
| 17 |
25.24.0 |
26:51.4 |
A question about the difference in beliefs and writings of Emerson & Thoreau and Jefferson and Madison |
| 18 |
26:32.2 |
27:17.0 |
Who was Elijah LeDroit? |
| 19 |
27:19.6 |
28:43.8 |
Who was John Brown? |
| 20 |
28:46.1 |
29:46.4 |
Explosion of ideas during Thoreau's time |
| 21 |
29:58.7 |
30:43.5 |
How long did it take Thoreau to write Walden? Wrote 7 complete drafts before he was satisfied |
| 22 |
30:50.5 |
32:40.1 |
Civil Disobedience difficult during this highly organized time |
| 23 |
32:40.2 |
33:23.1 |
Preservation movement in Concord |
| 24 |
33:36.5 |
34:32.0 |
Was Ho Chi Minh influenced by Thoreau? Tianemen Square? Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 25 |
34:45.6 |
35:15.4 |
Discussion of Robert Richardson's books |
| 26 |
35:20.2 |
35:50.2 |
Emerson and Thoreau's formal education |
| 27 |
35:50.4 |
36:38.1 |
Location of the Old Manse and the North Bridge, who lived there |
| 28 |
36:38.2 |
37:05.2 |
Visuals of Emerson's grandfather's house, history |
| 29 |
37:20.6 |
38:38.9 |
Shakespeare's influence on Emerson, treats Shakespeare as a "representative human being" |
| 30 |
38:38.10 |
39:11.2 |
Emerson recognized that he was in a historic age; inspired Walt Whitman |
| 31 |
39:11.4 |
40:52.0 |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; Authors' Ridge |
| 32 |
41:28.2 |
42:42.6 |
How do we keep the philosophy of nature alive when it's not around us? Look for nature anywhere Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 33 |
42:42.8 |
43:38.7 |
Visuals and discussion of Emerson's home |
| 34 |
43:38.9 |
44:39.0 |
Reaction of authorities at the time to Emerson's writings |
| 35 |
44:39.1 |
45:19.5 |
Hard to compare Emerson to anyone today |
| 36 |
45:31.8 |
48:34.8 |
John Brown against slavery and that was why Emerson and Thoreau rallied to him; did not know of the killings Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 37 |
48:45.0 |
50:11.2 |
Relationship between population pressure and genocide in the Constitution |
| 38 |
50:11.3 |
51:55.6 |
Concord Latin word that means peace; what did Puritans bring to the area? |
| 39 |
51:55.7 |
53:46.0 |
Visuals and description of Thoreau's cabin; went to the woods to "live deliberately" Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 40 |
53:46.2 |
56:17.5 |
Introduction of Richard Smith as Henry David Thoreau; how he built the cabin; Emerson let him use the land; there to live a deliberate life and explore nature |
| 41 |
56:17.6 |
57:18.5 |
Walden is not as remote as people think, close to train tracks and town; description of a typical day for Thoreau |
| 42 |
57:18.7 |
59:12.3 |
Tour of the inside of the cabin, simple furnishings, stove for warmth; visitors |
| 43 |
59:12.6 |
59:18.4 |
Pronunciation of Thoreau |
| 44 |
59:26.1 |
1:00.54 |
Relationship between authors in Concord, who are some present day authors living in Concord |
| 45 |
1:00:55 |
1:01:42 |
Thoreau's difficulty getting published |
| 46 |
1:01:43 |
1:02:06 |
President Polk, Mexican American War and slavery Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 47 |
1:02:15 |
1:05:01 |
Thoreau goes to jail for not paying poll tax; protest against war/slavery; speculation on who paid his bail |
| 48 |
1:05:02 |
1:07:32 |
Relationship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, very close, colleagues as well as friends |
| 49 |
1:08:11 |
1:10:31 |
Thoreau's views of conservation, creation of national parks; George Marsh first person to write that the earth could really be damaged Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 50 |
1:10:31 |
1:11:14 |
Thoreau's ancestry, length of time family has been in the U.S.; marital status |
| 51 |
1:11:15 |
1:11:48 |
Diet at Walden Pond, gave up on "eating flesh" |
| 52 |
1:12:09 |
1:13:48 |
How often did he go home to his mother? Not at Walden Pond to be isolated but to get work done Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 53 |
1:13:49 |
1:15:01 |
Definition of "Laisse faire individualism", did it effect anyone beyond the time of Emerson? |
| 54 |
1:15:02 |
1:15:40 |
Emerson "father of American literature"; considered himself a poet |
| 55 |
1:15:41 |
1:17:08 |
Walden Pond's location, size, visuals, "tour" |
| 56 |
1:17:08 |
1:18:14 |
Difference between pond from other state parks; unique history, many international visitors |
| 57 |
1:18:15 |
1:20:28 |
Walden Pond is a reservation, no watercraft or dogs allowed; very clear water due to fact that there are no inlets or outlets, not much development in area |
| 58 |
1:20:30 |
1:21:01 |
Visuals and discussion of tree planting event and local preservation efforts |
| 59 |
1:21:03 |
1:23:16 |
John Brown; was Thoreau a proponent of using violence to end slavery? Some things must be fought for |
| 60 |
1:23:17 |
1:24:23 |
Walden Pond "beauty on a humble scale", visitors can understand why it was inspiring |
| 61 |
1:24:25 |
1:24:58 |
Water temperature |
| 62 |
1:25:10 |
1:25:54 |
Thomas Carlyle, early friend of Chartest movement, believed in the individual |
| 63 |
1:25:25 |
1:27:15 |
Walden Pond not just a place to recreate, place to reconnect with the natural world, national parks shaped by ideas that started at Walden |
| 64 |
1:27:41 |
1:30:06 |
New Englanders also participated in slavery, only about half of New Englanders favored abolition; Thoreau stressed importance of individual freedom |
| 65 |
1:30:08 |
1:30:33 |
Thoreau and Emerson's impact on Sojourner Truth |
| 66 |
1:30:35 |
1:32:08 |
Sense of history at the pond; you can find places Thoreau referred to in his writings |
| 67 |
1:32:56 |
1:34:00 |
Emerson's lack of quotations, ironic that he is always quoted |
| 68 |
1:34:02 |
1:35:10 |
Emerson's views on reading; avid reader but didn't want people to get lost in a book and forget their own views |
| 69 |
1:35:11 |
1:35:32 |
Robert Richardson's book compared to other biographies |
| 70 |
1:35:33 |
1:36:23 |
Denise Morrisey (acting supervisor of Walden Pond reservation); lots of resources available to study the authors |
| 71 |
1:36:24 |
1:38:08 |
Discussion of path that lines pond, length of time Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been running the site |
| 72 |
1:38:13 |
1:38:50 |
Did Emerson come from money, how did he make a living? |
| 73 |
1:39:00 |
1:40:06 |
(visuals of pond) |
| 74 |
1:45:37 |
1:46:51 |
Thoreau Institute; what was Transcendentalism and how did it begin? |
| 75 |
1:46:53 |
1:48:47 |
Why should people care about Emerson and Thoreau, are they still influencing the country? Ideas radical at the time |
| 76 |
1:49:29 |
1:50:00 |
Thoreau Institute, Don Henley's role |
| 77 |
1:50:01 |
1:50:12 |
Thoreau's death |
| 78 |
1:50:13 |
1:50:43 |
Emerson's travels |
| 79 |
1:50:44 |
1:51:21 |
Emerson met President Lincoln several times |
| 80 |
1:51:24 |
1:52:45 |
What happened to Thoreau's original cabin? |
| 81 |
1:52: |
1:53:28 |
How Walden Pond got its name? |
| 82 |
1:53:31 |
1:54:11 |
Comparison of Thoreau and Emily Dickinson |
| 83 |
1:54:14 |
1:56:00 |
Emerson once a Unitarian minister, left over issue of communion; married twice
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| 84 |
1:56:09 |
1:58:36 |
What class were Thoreau and Emerson in? Were they free to think great thoughts because they were wealthy and had the time? |
| 85 |
1:59:14 |
2:00:22 |
Relationship between Thoreau and Kierkegaard |
| 86 |
2:00:23 |
2:01:46 |
Quote: A Passage From Nature; our age is retrospective, sounds like a call to arms |
| 87 |
2:01:55 |
2:04:30 |
Country has potential to be oppressor, quote from Civil Disobedience; we should be concerned with "higher laws" |
| 88 |
2:04:33 |
2:05:38 |
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation", what did he mean by this? |
| 89 |
2:05:50 |
2:07:49 |
Cape Cod; one of Thoreau's most complex books |
| 90 |
2:07:55 |
2:08:40 |
Emerson's view and quote on success |
| 91 |
2:08:42 |
2:11:39 |
More discussion of Thoreau's cabin; shouldn't place such value on the physical elements of the cabin, it is antithetical to Thoreau's ideas |
| 92 |
2:11:43 |
2:12:26 |
Comparison of Annie Dillard's (Robert Richardson's wife) works to Thoreau |
| 93 |
2:12:27 |
2:14:31 |
Quaker and Eastern philosophical influence on Emerson and Thoreau, the "inner light" |
| 94 |
2:14:33 |
2:15:35 |
Explanation of the Transcendentalist philosophy |
| 95 |
2:15:40 |
2:17:00 |
Emerson's participation in the Brook Farm Commune |
| 96 |
2:17:02 |
2:17:58 |
Thoreau not a joiner, it's ok not to follow the crowd, individual more important |
| 97 |
2:18:16 |
2:18:53 |
Emerson's belief that the less government we have the better |
| 98 |
2:19:00 |
2:20:00 |
Emerson's wife, gifted, intuitive |
| 99 |
2:20:22 |
2:20:28 |
Visuals and facts about the Thoreau Institute |
| 100 |
2:20:30 |
2:21:35 |
Emerson ponders purpose of the sun and moon in Nature; |
| 101 |
2:21:37 |
2:22:44 |
Whitman learned a lot from Emerson, both celebrated the individual |
| 102 |
2:22:45 |
2:23:56 |
Self Reliance; we are fundamentally similar; Emerson's great influence in Thoreau |
| 103 |
2:24:00 |
2:25:00 |
Civil Disobedience; government limits your choices thus limiting your freedom |
| 104 |
2:25:21 |
2:27:16 |
Emerson interested in the source of your power and energy; Non-conformism |
| 105 |
2:27:41 |
2:28:41 |
What would Emerson and Thoreau think about today's Congress? |
| 106 |
2:29:14 |
2:30:16 |
Emerson taught people to think about nature, Thoreau taught people to look at it. (visual of scarlet oak leaf) |
| 107 |
2:30:18 |
2:31:02 |
When did Emerson and Thoreau live? Who have they influenced? |
| 108 |
2:31:06 |
2:32:08 |
Political environment during their lifetime, time of reform and sectionalism |
| 109 |
2:32:09 |
2:32:46 |
Did they influence history? Energy in nature is the same energy that is in humans |
| 110 |
2:32:47 |
2:33:44 |
Connection with Elizabeth Cady Stanton; if you want freedom for yourself, you must want it for everyone; history is a progression of freedom; 1848 is an apex |
| 111 |
2:33:45 |
2:34:44 |
Conclusion and Acknowledgments |
| 112 |
2:34:45 |
2:35:06 |
Final thought: We are connected to nature |
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