Ambron's+Trancendental+Assignment

**The Transcendentalists**
From Stanford University []

From Washington State University [|http://wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/amtrans.htm]

From PBS []

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**Animoto**
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 **GoAnimate**
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 **VoiceThread**
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Wordle
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 **Smilebox (can't see at EHS, but you could email your teacher the link to watch at home) **
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