Humanities - Upper School

Humanities classes strive to teach students how to ask questions, gather information, organize and evaluate that information and then share it with others in a way that leads to further inquiry. There are a multitude of skills taught in order for the students to engage in this self-perpetuating learning circle, but the essential ones are reading, writing, and conversation. All three skills are taught and refined to help the students improve their thinking.

To facilitate this process, Humanities classes implement metacognitive techniques, Visible Thinking routines, as well as student-teacher meetings to review progress towards acquiring these skills.

English and History

Humanities I: Foundations in Cultural Literacy
Humanities II: The Making of Modernity
Literature: Analysis and Composition
From Mordor to Marvel to Mars
DLI - Literature
DLI - The Story
DLI - Humanities
Journalism
U.S. History: Constitution and Controversy
DLI - U.S. History: Cultural Calamity and American Resolve
Senior Seminar
Cities, Urbanism, and Infrastructure
Food and Identity in American Society
Magic, Witchcraft, & Power in History
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Secret Societies
The American Mafia
Model U.N.