No Tech Challenge and Into the Wild

NO TECH CHALLENGE!
Read the document above carefully- you will need to do one of the four options starting on Monday.  Let me know if you have any questions!

Into the Wild
We watched the first hour and fifty minutes of the movie.  We'll finish it on Tuesday.  If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend that you watch it- it's available on Amazon.

Essential Questions

1. To what extent have our technological advancements and changes in societal structures exacerbated feelings of loneliness and prevent opportunities for solitude?
2. To what extent is it important to be self-reliant?
3. What obstacles prevent us from cultivating self-reliance and solitude?
4. What main claims from Emerson and Thoreau about self-reliance vs. conformity and solitude v. society apply to the ways in which we interact and “connect” in today’s world?
5. What are the benefits of solitude and self-reflection? Time in nature?
6. To what extent do Thoreau, Emerson and McCandless’s ideas serve as a guide for how you want to live your own life? Which ideas resonate with you? Which do you reject?

HOMEWORK:

1. No Tech Challenge:  Start one of the options for this on Monday.  We'll do the first journal entry on Tuesday in class.
2. DUE TUESDAY, 1/19:  Have all three readings (Solitude, Self-Reliance, and Pine Forest) read and annotated.
   
3. DUE THURSDAY, 2/21:  Seminar prep packet with thesis statements, EQ TEA paragraphs, and seminar questions.