Henry David Thoreau for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities
achusetts lecture in Framingham August 9 Walden or Life in the Woods is pub lished October 19 21 Thoreau revisits Mount Wachusett 1855 July Thoreau and Ellery Channing travel to Cape Cod 1856 September 5 10 Thoreau takes botanical trip to Brattleboro Vermont 1857 June Thoreau makes his last trip to Cape Cod July August Thoreau makes his last trip to the Maine woods 1858 June 2 4 Thoreau and H G O Blake hike Mount Monadnock July 2 19 Thoreau and Edward Hoar travel to White Mountains 1859 February 3 John Thoreau Henry’s father dies October 16 John Brown attacks the armory at Harpers Ferry Virginia October November Henry reads A Plea for Captain John Brown in Concord Boston and Worcester December 2 John Brown is hanged 1860 August 4 9 Thoreau and Ellery Channing hike Mount Monadnock 1861 April 12 the American Civil War begins with firing upon Fort Sumter May July Thoreau and Horace Mann Jr travel
to Minnesota 1862 May 6 Henry Thoreau dies at home in Con cord 1863 Excursions The Maine Woods Cape Cod and A 1866 Yankee in Canada are published posthumously
17 INTRODUCTION Leader WHAT MAKES HENRY THOREAU IMPORTANT I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well Walden enry Thoreau is most remembered for living for two years at Walden Pond in Concord Mass achusetts and for spending one night in jail for refusing to pay a state tax He lived only to the age of 44 and did not become famous in his lifetime Yet more than a century and a half after his death we still read his essays and books We still print his words on posters and greeting cards Why The first answer is a simple one We can relate to what Henry saw and experienced in the mid 1800s Our times may be different but the ways that people think act and react are very much the same Our concerns about laws and government may be similar to his Our connections with nature can be as close and as personal for us as they were for him Henry’s words reach out to us from across time and point out the realities that lie right in front of our noses His insights sound so true that it's almost as if he were here to read our minds or to give us advice in
How did this man become a symbol for American independence and for environmentalism You'll learn more about Henry here K FRAN Today's rebuilt North Bridge Rob DePaolo
