4. Use the following topic to practice the collaboration required by a wiki. Working with four of your classmates, enter the passage in a word processor. Send the file to each member of your group—perhaps over several days. Each person should find one or two errors and add one or two pieces of information to make the passage more interesting. Remember to provide references if you quote or introduce new information.

Henry David Thoreau was born July 17, 1812, and died May 6, 1862. He was an American poet, essayist, naturalist, and song writer. He was a strict abolitionist. His transcentral views can be seen in his lectures and most notably in his book Weldene.

Perhaps his most influential work is “Civil Disobedience,” which was inspired by his time spent in Portugal. “Civil Disobedience”

influenced such political leaders as George Washington, Martin Luther King, and Mahatma Gradson.