Whittle School : Humanities Program
Channel: Eckleburg Review
Date: 28/04/2020

HUMANITIES PROGRAM MISSION
Humanities is the study of human society and culture with a focus on historical empathy, critical theory and analysis, and the craft of writing. As humanists at Whittle School & Studios, it is our intention to explore the intersections of global and local communities as they relate to history, languages, literature, art, film, music, philosophy, human geography, politics, diplomacy and more. Using rhetoric and creative problem solving, the Whittle Humanities program seeks to develop and support young intellects, aesthetics and voices, both creative and academic. 

TRIMESTER OBJECTIVES
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10 - By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9—10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9—10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

CRITICAL READING
With an eye toward critical theories—Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-Present); Structuralism/Semiotics (1920s-present); Formalism (1930s-present); New Criticism/Neo-Aristotelian (1930s-present); Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism(1930s-present); Lacanian Criticism (1930s to present); Marxist Criticism (1930s-present); Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present); Feminist Criticism (1960s-present); Ecocriticism (1960s to present); Postmodernism/Post-Structuralism/ Deconstruction (1966-present); Gender/Queer Studies (1970s-present); Critical Race Theory (1970s to present)—students will read and/or view historical, literary, philosophical, political, cinematic, musical and more texts.

PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS
CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAYS: Choose one critical response essay, 800 to 1,000 words, already submitted within the Trimester. Revise, revise, revise, proofread. Submit.
     CREATIVE WRITING: Choose one creative writing piece already submitted within the Trimester (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, script, intermedia, video story, graphic story, song). Prose submissions (fiction, creative nonfiction or prose poetry) must be between 800 and 1,000 words. Formal poetry or verse should be between five and twenty lines. Revise, revise, revise, proofread. Submit.
     PORTFOLIO STATEMENT: Create a one to two-minute video in which you share your "portfolio statement." This statement should describe you as a humanitarian and writer. Choose a "theme song" as intro/outro music. Be creative. Include both your Humanities and X-Day experiences. You can read a short excerpt from your critical response essay or creative writing within your statement, but it should not take up the entire time. The statement is an addition to the critical essay and creative writing.


SHARE YOUR HUMANITY 
SHARE YOUR MIND 
WHITTLE SCHOOL & STUDIOS: HUMANITIES PROGRAM
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