9th GRADE HUMANITIES:
9th grade Humanities, Civilizations and Cultures, explores questions regarding the individual's relationship with civilization, society, and government. As a humanities course, this class focuses on integrating language arts skills, historical thinking skills, and skills and perspectives found in other humanities and social science disciplines. Through a variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, students participate in thematic projects related to local and global contemporary issues. This thematic, project based, exploration continues through coverage of crucial topics in ancient through early modern (18th century) history. Students examine these content areas through various humanities and social science discipline perspectives including history, sociology, psychology and philosophy. Students completing this course will interact with a variety of perspectives that help them interpret and understand the complex relationship between society and the individual.
-As taken from Sara Price's Syllabus-
9th grade Humanities, Civilizations and Cultures, explores questions regarding the individual's relationship with civilization, society, and government. As a humanities course, this class focuses on integrating language arts skills, historical thinking skills, and skills and perspectives found in other humanities and social science disciplines. Through a variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, students participate in thematic projects related to local and global contemporary issues. This thematic, project based, exploration continues through coverage of crucial topics in ancient through early modern (18th century) history. Students examine these content areas through various humanities and social science discipline perspectives including history, sociology, psychology and philosophy. Students completing this course will interact with a variety of perspectives that help them interpret and understand the complex relationship between society and the individual.
-As taken from Sara Price's Syllabus-