Walden teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Walden for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 4
The narrator establishes his woodland home and examines how simple needs, serious reading, and close attention can support deliberate living.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 5 to 8
Solitude, visitors, bean growing, and imprisonment test whether companionship, work, and social obligations support personal freedom.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 9 to 11
Pond observations, John Field's exhausting work, and reflections on appetite connect natural beauty, fewer wants, and personal conscience.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 12 to 15
Animal encounters, winter preparations, and traces of former homes reveal companionship, loss, and the limits of human control.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 16 to 19
Winter measurements, spring renewal, departure, and civil disobedience connect careful inquiry with independent thought and responsibility for injustice.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
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