English 9 Honors, World History II Honors, and Foundations of Civilization
Humanities elective: Honors; required for Grade 9/Level I
• Explores the human condition through literary, historical, cultural, and artistic expression with an emphasis on the foundations in the humanities.
• Topics may include: pre-history, African folk and oral traditions, Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Rome, Greek philosophy, world religions, theater, sculpture, and architecture.
• Develop skills in expository, analytical and creative writing, research, creativity, logic and reasoning, use of contextual evidence, presentations with the appropriate use of technology, communication in a team environment, the Socratic Method, and service learning.
• Examines the themes:
Myth and Global Tradition
Pursuit of the Ideal
The Faces of Love
Heroes and Heroines