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DVD Features
Life with Principle: Thoreau’s Voice in our Time is a comprehensive educational program that allows for ultimate flexibility in implementation.
The package includes:
- The 56-minute film, Life with Principle, which features commentary that follow the six themes present in Thoreau’s writings.
- Thoreau’s Concord, a 12-minute historical documentary that follows the same themes to explore both Concord and Henry David Thoreau’s place in it.
- Profiles in Civil Disobedience, a 12-minute examination of this philosophy as practiced by Wangari Maathai in Kenya, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi in Japan, and Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
- World Leaders, a 4-minute glance at the impact of Thoreau’s writings on Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daisaku Ikeda, as well as on Life with Principle speakers Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and Howard Zinn.
- The Boat Men: Bill and Ben, an animated short that’s certain to stimulate discussion of the six themes.
- A 16-page Study Guide, intended to provide an overall plan for implementing all of the Life with Principle materials.
- A 51-page Thoreau Curriculum that details teaching strategies, relevant activities, and recommendations for further study.
- An 11-page Commentary written by Thoreau scholar Bradley P. Dean (1954-2006). It reveals the origination of the six themes in Thoreau’s writings.
- A full set of the Thoreau Society Bulletin, dating from 1941 to 2005, containing sixty years of articles about Thoreau’s life, literature, legacy, and the landscapes that inspired them.
The last four features are in PDF format and can be printed from a computer with a DVD drive.
This full educational edition of Life with Principle is offered at $250. Public performance rights are included. To place an order, click here.
Coming in 2007: A personal edition of Life with Principle, containing just the original film. To be made available at $24.99.
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