Thoreau's Walden Pond
Concord Museum curator David Wood visited Walden Pond to recount Henry David Thoreau’s time there and the lasting impact of his book. For two years, beginning in 1845, writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond. The purpose was to acquire a better appreciation of nature and find an escape from the surrounding world. He chronicled his experience in the book Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.
Description
Concord Museum curator David Wood visited Walden Pond to recount Henry David Thoreau’s time there and the lasting impact of his book. For two years, beginning in 1845, writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond. The purpose was to acquire a better appreciation of nature and find an escape from the surrounding world. He chronicled his experience in the book Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe Thoreau’s experiences at Walden Pond in his youth.
- Explain why Thoreau chose to build a cabin and live at Walden Pond.
- According to David Wood, what did Thoreau hope the reader gained from reading "Walden?"
Participants
Vocabulary
- "walden"
- Lyceum Lectures
- Ralph Waldo Emerson