Tiny House
Transcendentalists
There’s a new movement taking place in America with roots stemming from the
ideas and values of the Transcendentalists of the 1800’s.
Its name? The Tiny House Movement.
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Comparison
Directions: Find evidence to support each category
Tiny House Folks
Living quarters
View of
“things”
(possessions, clutter, etc.)
Definition of
happiness
Values and
rules to live by
View of nature
and the
environment
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Thoreau
Emerson
N/A
Project– Based Learning
After learning about the Tiny House Movement, you want to capitalize on this growing trend. Choose one of the jobs below.
Real-estate
Tiny House
Investor
Designer
According to the article “Is The Tiny House
Market Worth Investing In?,” now is the
time to invest in the Tiny House Movement.
Research investing opportunities in your
area such as land, building sites, or tiny
house communities. Then, write an
investing proposal to present to banks and
residential boards. Not only will you need
to show profit predictions in your proposal,
but you will also need to market tiny
houses in such a way that it convinces
residential boards to allow tiny house
developments. Be sure to
use transcendentalist
philosophies as a way of
marketing your investment
ideas.
In the article, “Tiny Houses Big With U.S.
Owners Seeking Economic Freedom,”
Bloomberg Business author Nina Glinski
describes the type of people who are drawn
to tiny house living. Thoreau was also
drawn to tiny homes for like reasons. Using
Floorplanner.com, graph paper, or a
physical scale model , design a custom tiny
house to fit the needs of either Thoreau or
Emerson. Cite specific evidence to support
your design choices in a paragraph that will
accompany your design while on display.
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Tiny House
Needs Inventor
As Heather Levin in “Living in a Tiny Home:
Benefits & Drawbacks” points out, it is
essential to maximize the space in a tiny
home. Invent and design a multipurpose
item or concept for either Thoreau, or
Emerson that would make their tiny home
more personalized to fit their needs,
enhance their quality of life, or solve a tiny
house issue. Make sure to use specific
evidence to support your invention and
use that
evidence as
support in the
“pitch” you write
for your product.
Rubric
Name(s):
=
20
Above Expectations
At Expectations
Below Expectations
Extremely Below
5+
5-4
4-3
Expectations
3-0
Integration of evidence
Evidence is thoroughly and
thoughtfully used to support
your project.
Evidence is thoroughly used to
support your project.
Evidence is used to support your Evidence is not used or not used
project, but more is needed to
well.
make your project stronger.
Originality and creativity
You went above and beyond in
showcasing your creative
talents.
You did a great job of showcasing your creative talents.
You attempted to be creative,
but could have gone further.
You made little to no attempt to
be creative.
Visual quality of project
and presentation skills
You exceeded expectations with
your visual and sounded professional with your presentation.
You created a wonderful visual
and had a well-rehearsed
presentation.
You attempted to create a visual
and presentation, but need improvement.
You put little to no effort in a
visual or presentation.
Writing Portion of Project
All grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling is a
perfect, professional quality ,
and you are detailed in your
descriptions.
All grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling is
close to perfect, and you are
detailed in your descriptions.
Grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and/or spelling
needs a little work, and you also
need to add more details to
your descriptions.
Grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and/or spelling
needs a lot of work , and you do
not describe your project
adequately.
Common Core Standards:
RL.11-12.1-Cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
RL.11-12.9-Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of American literature including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes and topics.
W.11-12.2-Write informational/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information.
SL.11-12.4 –Present information, findings, and supporting evidence.
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Tiny House
Transcendentalists
There’s a new movement taking place in America with roots stemming from the ideas and values of the
Transcendentalists of the 1800’s as well as modern day transcendentalists such as Chris McCandless.
Its name? The Tiny House Movement.
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Comparison
Directions: Find evidence to support each category
Tiny House Folks
Living quarters
View of
“things”
(possessions, clutter, etc.)
Definition of
happiness
Values and
rules to live by
View of nature
and the
environment
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Thoreau
Emerson
N/A
Chris McCandless
Project– Based Learning
After learning about the Tiny House Movement, you want to capitalize on this growing trend. Choose one of the jobs below.
Real-estate
Tiny House
Investor
Designer
According to the article “Is The Tiny House
Market Worth Investing In?,” now is the
time to invest in the Tiny House Movement.
Research investing opportunities in your
area such as land, building sites, or tiny
house communities. Then, write an
investing proposal to present to banks and
residential boards. Not only will you need
to show profit predictions in your proposal,
but you will also need to market tiny
houses in such a way that it convinces
residential boards to allow tiny house
developments. Be sure to
use transcendentalist
philosophies as a way of
marketing your investment
ideas.
In the article, “Tiny Houses Big With U.S.
Owners Seeking Economic Freedom,”
Bloomberg Business author Nina Glinski
describes the type of people who are drawn
to tiny house living. Thoreau and
McCandless were also drawn to tiny homes
for like reasons. Using Floorplanner.com,
graph paper, or a physical scale model ,
design a custom tiny house to fit the needs
of either Thoreau, Emerson, or McCandless.
Cite specific evidence to support your
design choices in a paragraph that will
accompany your design while
on display.
© B’sBookLove
Tiny House
Needs Inventor
As Heather Levin in “Living in a Tiny Home:
Benefits & Drawbacks” points out, it is
essential to maximize the space in a tiny
home. Invent and design a multipurpose
item or concept for either Thoreau,
McCandless, or Emerson that would make
their tiny home more personalized to fit
their needs, enhance their quality of life, or
solve a tiny house issue. Make sure to use
specific evidence to support your invention
and use that
evidence as
support in the
“pitch” you write
for your product.
Rubric
Name(s):
=
20
Above Expectations
At Expectations
Below Expectations
Extremely Below
5+
5-4
4-3
Expectations
3-0
Integration of evidence
Evidence is thoroughly and
thoughtfully used to support
your project.
Evidence is thoroughly used to
support your project.
Evidence is used to support your Evidence is not used or not used
project, but more is needed to
well.
make your project stronger.
Originality and creativity
You went above and beyond in
showcasing your creative
talents.
You did a great job of showcasing your creative talents.
You attempted to be creative,
but could have gone further.
You made little to no attempt to
be creative.
Visual quality of project
and presentation skills
You exceeded expectations with
your visual and sounded professional with your presentation.
You created a wonderful visual
and had a well-rehearsed
presentation.
You attempted to create a visual
and presentation, but need improvement.
You put little to no effort in a
visual or presentation.
Writing Portion of Project
All grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling is a
perfect, professional quality ,
and you are detailed in your
descriptions.
All grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling is
close to perfect, and you are
detailed in your descriptions.
Grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and/or spelling
needs a little work, and you also
need to add more details to
your descriptions.
Grammar, capitalization,
punctuation, and/or spelling
needs a lot of work , and you do
not describe your project
adequately.
Common Core Standards:
RL.11-12.1-Cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
RL.11-12.9-Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of American literature including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes and topics.
W.11-12.2-Write informational/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information.
SL.11-12.4 –Present information, findings, and supporting evidence.
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