A Room With a View Lesson Plan

What do the belongings in the Emersons’ house reveal about its inhabitants?

They are radicals and libertarians, with an eye toward the Transcendentalists. There is nothing of the propriety of the indoor spaces at Windy Corner; for instance, on the side of a wardrobe is painted the words "mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes."

For this question, students might pull on knowledge from other works they read in the class or even other courses, such as history or social studies, and make connections across their studies.

The narrator states, “Life is easy to chronicle but bewildering to practice…” What is meant by this? How does this sentiment play out in the...