This course is an introduction to the humanities that studies the social, cultural, and artistic history of the modern age (beginning in the late 19th Century). The course will use an interdisciplinary approach. Students will be presented with an overview of the visual arts, music, theater, television, film, and architecture in the context of philosophy, literature, religion, aesthetic theory, and political events. Students will gain a basic familiarity with major artistic and musical styles, some understanding of the ideological, chronological, and technical implications of those styles as well as the historical development of individual art disciplines. Central to the writing program is the composing process in which students learn to prepare, write, and edit for a variety of audiences and purposes. Instruction in the support skills, grammar, usage, and mechanics, is stressed within the editing phase of the composing process.
Period Seven
Period Three