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Recommended Grade Placement: 9-10 Credit: 1 Year*
Recommended Prerequisite: Gifted and Talented Identification

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Humanities is an elective class designed to meet the needs of the gifted and talented student. The course runs on a two-year cycle with the first year covering the Greco-Roman period through the Renaissance and the second year covering the Enlightenment through the Twentieth Century. (It does not matter when a student begins the cycle.) The material presented in the course covers all aspects of the Humanities with a special emphasis on the art, architecture, philosophy and drama of the time periods. Students will use a college-level textbook which is Euro-centric in its approach. Students will learn to write analytical essays, present oral and PowerPoint presentations and analyze art, philosophy and drama. Activities are varied so that each student's "giftedness" may be expressed. Leadership and community service activities are also incorporated into the course.

CONCURRENTLY with the Humanities course, students will be enrolled in Honors World History. The material of this course is divided between the two years so it matches the scope and sequence of Humanities. At the end of the first year, students will earn one semester credit in Honors World History and then will earn the second semester credit the second year.