Alyssa Cunningham

This is a great resource for anyone teaching Transcendentalism or Into the Wild! An awesome way to help high school students grasp the challenging concepts of Transcendentalism is to illustrate those concepts with a contemporary example. This worksheet asks students to sift through the dense language and advice of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Students must then examine Chris McCandless, of Into the Wild, to determine how his actions illustrate Transcendental idea.