Discussion A

Survey of American Literature: Exploration through the Civil War

After having read the selections of two American Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, locate and present one unique concept that either Emerson or Thoreau presents in one of the assigned readings and tell how that concept has influenced more modern ideas and/or events.

Discussion B

After reading the 2 websites below, please tell us which 3 new things you learned about the Iran Contra Affair:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reagan-iran/

https://millercenter.org/issues-policy/foreign-policy/iran-contra-affair