Home Learning
Moderate
Course Description
(1 credit of English and 1 credit of Social Studies)
Humanities I is a foundational interdisciplinary program that studies the literature and modern history of four cultural regions: China, India, Africa and the Middle East. Students will explore each of these regions, share and discuss what they learn, and reflect upon their own cultural identities. Students will read a range of historically appropriate literary texts, and they will be introduced to the full range of writing skills that are demanded by higher-level studies in the Humanities.
Learning Outcomes
Students will
- Interpret issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Understand and appreciate a variety of cultures.
- Connect literature to life, past and present.
- Describe their own sense of self as they learn about other cultures.
- Read, explore and analyze a wide variety of texts.
- Understand bias and perspective in texts and film.
- Recognize the interplay of cause and effect, continuity and change, chronology and point of view.
- Become effective researchers, developing a variety of research techniques and an understanding of analytical, thesis-based writing.
- Develop the skills of acknowledging and correctly citing all the sources that they incorporate into their writing.
- Become effective and independent writers, in a range of genres.
- Defend a personal position and support it with evidence, explain an opposing point of view.
- Hone effective oral presentation skills, both formal and informal.
- Explore and act upon their responsibilities as members of a global community.
Assessment
Student assessments may include
- Journal responses
- Timed, in-class writing
- Processed written assignments in a variety of genres
- Teacher-, peer-, and self-assessments
- Individual and group presentations and projects
- Small-group and class-wide discussions and activities
- Graphical interpretations
- Examinations, tests and quizzes
- Debates and shared inquiry
Grades
9
Grading Scheme
Standards-based Course