Welcome to Humanities
5!
In Humanities 5, students
will demonstrate skills for solving problems, understanding
communities, processing different points-of-view, learning from
mistakes, and communicating through listening, speaking and
writing. Themes in Language Arts and Social Studies focus on how
and why students engage their communities and how and why
communities engage each other. While the course is called
Humanities, it frequently integrates fine arts (particularly
drama), social sciences, mathematics, and natural sciences to
support these goals.
LANGUAGE ARTS
The Language Arts program asks students
to consider themselves in relation to their
communities—family, friends, and the people at schol.
Essential questions include, "How does making choices affect
me?" and "What responsibilities do I have to my
communities?" At the heart of the Language Arts program
are Literature Circles and Writing Workshops.
SOCIAL
STUDIES
The Social Studies program asks students to consider
the concept of human community from multiple angles. We look at the
idea, design, and organization of cities in North and South
America. We study the Seattle metropolitan area, as well as "case
studies" from Mayan and Aztec cities in Central America and
modern cities in the United States, Cuba, Peru and Brazil. Students
study the the physical and political geography of Washington state,
North America, South America and the Caribbean.
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