Humanities

"The term 'humanities' includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life."

--National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended

Welcome to 7th Grade Humanities

Hello!

It's Ms. Adams, Mr. Davies, and Ms. Yost. We will all be your humanities teachers this year (Ms. Yost will be in Core 1).

Some of you may have seen your schedule and said what the heck is humanities, and here it is:

Humanities is our new class at Bill Reed Middle School. Ms. Adams, Mr. Davies and Ms. Yost will be co-teaching this course (formally the ELA teachers and Social Studies teachers). Students in this class will be taking a course that blends Social Studies and English Language Arts seamlessly to increase your understanding of the world.

Throughout this year we will study the skills and concepts around:

------Semester One------

Unit one: Civic Change with Informational Speech and Action Proposal (with LISA components). Historical research skills with application to today.

Unit two: Point of View, Viewing our world through other perspectives. Narrative writing with Geographic focus.

-------Semester Two------

Unit three: Political Science with argumentative writing.

Unit four: Economics. Understanding components of personal finance in a changing world.

We are so excited to start this new class with all of you! See you soon!!!

-Adams, Davies, and Yost