Lit Eras
The first era that moved away from an emphasis on religion and into reason and logic because of a need for government building.
What is the Revolutionary Era
1750-1830
What is Classicism
The idea that the wilderness was savage
What is The Devil in the Woods concept
The ideas behind what is right and wrong
What is moral
The era characterized by the idea that nature was divinity
What is the Transcendental Era
1530-1630
What is Puritanism
Driven by a sense that God blessed some Americans with the right and obligation to settle western lands
What is ethical?
The second major unit we cover
What is community
The era that emphasized the culture in smaller geographical parts of the country
What is Regionalism
1900s to today
What is Modernism?
The Godly idea that America will be a shining exemplar to the world
What is The City Upon the Hill
Ideas about how we live, why we live, reality, existence
What is philosophical
The third major unit we cover
What is The Individual
The era that emphasized the power of human individuality and consciousness
What is the Modern Era or Modernism
Direct response to Civil War time
What is Regionalism, Realism or Naturalism
The Transcendental idea that Nature is a direct reflection of a higher power.
What is Divine Manifestation
Relating to a set of collective ideas
What is ideological?
One of the subtopics we cover related to thinking and doing for oneself and with a sense of independence
What is Self-Reliance
The era that reflected the ideas of the Greeks and Romans
What is the Classical Era
1830-1860
What is Romanticism or Transcendentalism
The process of becoming similar to others by taking in their culture
What is assimilation
The belief in protecting the environment from human use and degradation; making policies to prevent human use.
What is environmentalism?
One of the subtopics we cover related to belonging and knowledge in one's space
What is Sense of Place