Level IV (12th)

Humanities elective: Honors; required for Grade 12/Level IV

• Explores the human condition through literary, historical, cultural and artistic expression with an emphasis on the contemporary humanities.

• Topics may include: modernism and post-modernism, genocide, social justice, gender, environmental and conceptual art, contemporary architecture, world film, globalization of cultures.

•Master skills in research, the Socratic Method, presentation with the use of technology, use of contextual evidence, formulation of argument and reasoning.

• Develop additional skills in written and oral communication, aesthetic analysis and appreciation, cross-cultural awareness, self-guided learning, and community service leadership.

• Examines the themes:

Freedom: Human Rights and Human Experience

Truth: Perception and Culture

Earth: World and Environment

Future: Past, Present and Possibility