19th Century America
“A Growing Nation”
1800-1870
-A Photo Essay-
America, 1803
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America, 1804
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America, 1809
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America, 1812
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-2/war-of-1812-battle-of-new-orleans.jpg
America, 1814
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Belgium, 1815
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America, 1820
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America, 1830s-1840s
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Transcendentalism
America, 1838
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America, 1846
http://civilwarhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/abraham_lincoln.jpg
America, 1848
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/06/miners_.jpg
America, 1850
http://www.chs.helena.k12.mt.us/faculty/hhillZ/Scarlet.jpg
http://www.nndb.com/people/880/000031787/nathaniel-hawthorne-1-sized.jpg
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
America, 1851
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/whale/MobyDick.jpg
http://www.usliteraturepapers.com/herman-melville.jpg
Herman Melville: Moby Dick
America,1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Look at Statements that Embody
or Suggest Romanticism handout
As you read through them, indicate on a sheet
of paper whether you personally agree or
disagree with each statement by recording
“A” for agree or “D” for disagree.
How ROMANTIC are you?
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3 or fewer As- not ROMANTIC
4 or 5 As- sort of ROMANTIC
6 or 7 As- highly ROMANTIC
8-10 As- extremely ROMANTIC
Look back at your journal.
• How has your understanding of
Romanticism changed?
• Briefly describe your new definition of
Romantic.
• How is you definition of Romantic similar
to and different from Romanticism?
5 Basic Characteristics of
Romanticism
1.
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3.
4.
5.
Strong belief in the Common Man
Highly Emotional
Highly Imaginative
Interest in Native Past
Deep respect for Nature
Do you think these beliefs are
relevant today? Why or why
not?
• 5 Groups
• You will be assigned one definition.
• Decide, as a group, if you agree or disagree
with the Romantic philosophy on this point?
Why? Prepare to present your position to
the class.
A Feb. 1st 1816 print (published J. Taylor, London) which exemplifies the contrast between neo-classical vs.
romantic styles of landscape and architecture (or the "Grecian" and the "Gothic" as they're termed here). This
engraved plate accompanied Humphry Repton's 1816 book Fragments on the Theory and Practice of
Landscape Gardening.
www.wikipedia.org
The Raft of the Medusa, Jean Louis Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
Nature Walk Poem
We are going on a nature walk.
While we are outside, feel free to take pictures on your phone
of the NATURE around you. If something you see reminds
you of something from CHILDHOOD, take a note of that.
Let your IMAGINATION “run wild.” Take notes of any
good ideas you may have. What SENSES, FEELINGS and
EMOTIONS do you have while outside?
Requirements:
• You must write a poem of at least 20 lines.
• It must contain at least 3 Romantic elements that are
LABELED
• A creative title