Social Studies
Modernity and Global Cultures Honors
Course #2720XA
1 Credit- Required for Center students
36 Weeks
Description
Explore the human condition through literary, historical, cultural, and artistic expression with an emphasis on contemporary humanities
Study modernism and post-modernism, genocide, social justice, gender, environmental and conceptual art, contemporary architecture, world film, globalization of cultures
Master skills in research, the Socratic method, presentation with the use of technology, use of contextual evidence, formulation of argument and reasoning
Develop additional skills in written and oral communication, aesthetic analysis and appreciation, cross-cultural awareness, self-guided learning, and community service leadership
Examine the themes: Freedom: Human Rights and Human Experience; Truth: Perception and Culture; Earth: World and Environment; and Future: Past, Present and Possibility