transcendent                         sonorous (4)                          plebian(18)                 unencumbered (22)

asceticism                             meandered (5)           nomadic(19)                     

unsullied (4)                          cursory (13)                  altruistic (19) 

1.What words of wisdom do you have scrawled in your bedroom?  On your refrigerator?  On your notebook cover?  In your car?  Write one down.

2.       What does Alaska represent to our country?  To you?
3. What is the relationship between nature and American identity?
4. What would a successful life look like for you?
5. What do you notice about the picture of the young man? Read the picture? What inferences can you make?

HW: Read the Author's Note: chapters 1-3 (3-23)