Today in class we had two important topics that we wanted to focus on and excel at. The first one that i will be able to or for short, IWBAT analyze changes in literary and historical trends, or to be able to analyze the change of literature over time. The second one which i thought we focused on a little bit more than the first one is IWBAT identify how romanticism contrasts rationalism. At the beginning of class we decided to start off with two questions. The first question asked what would a rationalist say about your morning yesterday? After having heard everyones answer combined with mine heres what i would say the best answer is. A rationalist that it was great that the students took the PSAT's because it will prepare them for the SAT's and it will also show the data that most kids got wrong, therefore teachers can improve on teaching that section too. The second question asked what would a rationalist say about your afternoon yesterday? The best answer that i got for this one is a rationalist would not like what we did because they would've thought there would be better things to do than sit outside like taking a test or a final. When we went outside we talked about or feeling or emotion which leads to the next thing we talked about which is romantics.
American Romanticism happened in the 1800 to 1860, this happened because of industrialism which was from 1760 - 1840 which the change of new technology and more efficient and faster equipment was made. The biggest things that led to romanticism was things like the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the gold rush in 1849 and the education and reform rise. This is because for the gold rush people had to take a risk and drop everything and leave to travel so far way to find gold that might not even be there by the time they got there. Therefore that would be an example of Romanticism and you no that rationalist wouldn't approve because they do not take risks and moving for land for the Louisiana purchase or moving to take a risk on maybe finding gold are huge risks that only romantics would approve. A good characteristic of American romanticism would be that he or she values feeling over reason. Unlike rationalism were if it not fair or a hundred percent guarantee to help you and it has a risk that is too big then they do not approve of it.
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