Getting Into Nature: December 4, 2017

Focus: What is the relationship between nature and the human spirit?

1. Warming up with three good things and offering you a little scientific evidence that you and the universe are composed of the same stuff

2. Getting into nature (literally): Going outside and looking for evidence of the human spirit in nature

• Take photos of all aspects of nature that, to you, represent some aspect of human nature/the human spirit (kindness, melancholy, independence, acceptance, competition, etc.).

• You will have 7 minutes (we'll set our timers together).

• You must stay on campus, preferably within earshot.

3. Reading Emerson's "Nature" together and finding lines that support/add complexity the photos you took

4. Creating your next transcendentalist entry on the blog

• Upload your photos from today (or other relevant nature photos you happen to have). 
• Explain what aspect of the human spirit you see in each natural image. 
• Bring in a line or two from Emerson's "Nature" that supports/adds complexity to each image and reflection.

5. Delivering remaining one-minute speeches

HW:
1. Assigned book club reading and syllabus-creating for tomorrow.

2. Work on your final speech by gathering evidence (personal stories, others' stories, historical events, parts of literature that we've read, interviews, images). Bring all collected evidence to class this Friday for your last in-class day of speech preparation.