WALKING TOUR OF WALDEN TWO

 

A Student's Guidebook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L. Dodge Fernald

Harvard University

 

 

 

Illustrations by Brian W. Dow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        "I preferred to spend the time instead in a little walking tour, every step of which would bring me closer to Walden Two."

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -Burris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

Foreword by B. F. Skinner                                                                                                           ix

Preface                                                                                                                                      xi

Part One

The Tours

  

I.              Breaking Away (Chapters 1-3)                                                                                      3

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

II.           Design of Things (Chapters 4-7)                                                                                     11

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

III.         Working, Playing (Chapters 8-11)                                                                                   19

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

IV.        Raising Children (Chapters 12-15)                                                                                  29

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

V.           Marriage and the Family (Chapters 16-18)                                                                      37

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

Part Two

The Talks

 

 

VI.        The Good life (Chapters 19-22)                                                                                      47

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

VII.      Politics and Propaganda (Chapters 23-26)                                                                       57

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

VIII.   Beyond Heroes (Chapters 27-28)                                                                                   67

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

IX.         The Question of Freedom (Chapters 29-31)                                                                    77

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

 

X.           Unfinished Business (Chapters 32-36)                                                                            87

Summary

Key Concepts

Illustrations

Study Questions

Value Clarification

Appendix: Persons, Places, and Events                                                                                       97

Glossary of Key Concepts                                                                                                        102

Bibliography                                                                                                                             107

Index for Walden Two                                                                                                             111