Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The
Publication Information
Author:  Lawrence, Jerome & Lee, Robert E.	Illustrator:
Title:  Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The	Date:  1970
Publisher:  Bantam Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-553-27838-X
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    drama
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| language arts - reading
Summary:
This two-act play is about Thoreau's nonviolent acts of civil disobedience and about his waning friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Teaching Ideas:
GED students will need background knowledge about U.S. history and about Emerson and Thoreau in order to comprehend this play. An enterprising teacher, however, would find many ties to 19th century history, to Walden, to current topics of civil disobedience, or to the Fugitive Slave Act. Students may want to trace history for other examples of nonviolent resistors. Parts of the play would be fun to read aloud with a class that had first studied the text. Emerson http://world.std.com/~albright/E1.html; Thoreau www.geocities.com/~freereligion/1Thorea.html; Transcendentalism www.vou.edu/engweb/transweb
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History > time period > 19th Century History > topic > war > Civil War > Fugitive Slave Act Religion/Philosophy > Transcendentalism Social Studies > sociology > social issues > civil disobedience Literature and Language > authors > Emerson, Ralph Waldo Literature and Language > authors > Thoreau, Henry David Literature and Language > drama

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