Dear Humanities Kids,
We completed the following today in class:
1. We reviewed Journal #1 entitled "What is Art. What is beauty?" The review took place by discussing your homework assignment entitled"What is Art?" Now that you have annotated and notated your reading assignment it is valuable to return to the images you commented on concerning Journal #1. Do you have a different perspective now that you have read "What is Art?"
You may not agree with this individual's choice to pierce her face, but she is clearly content and happy with her appearance. So why make a judgement?
Dear Humanities Students,
If you missed class on Tuesday, August 27th, we completed the following:
2. Students submitted their "What are the Humanities? Why are the humanities important?" assignment.
3. We discussed their responses to the above questions, and then I gave the "official" definition for "What are the Humanities? The Humanities is the study of what affects mankind. These disciplines include music, art, religion, philosophy, drama, and literature. We also discussed the five reasons why one should study the Humanities:
1. One develops a greater ability to think critically through studying Humanities. Often criticism is considered negative, but there is also a positive side to critical skills. It includes the ability to choose good from evil, excellent from poor, and profound from superficial.
2. Another reason for studying the Humanities concerns the fact that all human beings gain pleasure from the arts. We rejoice in the creative expressions of others. We enjoy a story well told, beautiful melodies, and pleasing sculptures.
3. Studying the Humanities gives one the ability to share knowledge with future generations. Many challenging ideas have been explored during the history of this world, and we would be impoverished if we had no knowledge of them. Sharing our understanding of the Humanities guides not only ourselves, but those we choose to enlighten.
4. Studying the Humanities guides us in understanding how past generations have dealt with human challenges, emotions, and ideas.
5. Another reason for studying the Humanities is to gain vision and experience emotion to the point that we have a greater appreciation for the artists' intent. We must see beyond the simple story, the decorative painting, the pleasing melody or the entertaining drama, in order to fully understand what the artist is trying to say about life.
HOMEWORK:
1. Please read "What are the Arts," included below, and include 7-10 annotations on each page. Copy this to a Word document and then print it off. Please place it in the "Handout" section of your notebook.
NOTE: You were introduced to the color coding regarding your annotating and notating last class period. Each type of notation correlates to a specific color. Please see the color key below.
We completed the following today in class:
1. We reviewed Journal #1 entitled "What is Art. What is beauty?" The review took place by discussing your homework assignment entitled"What is Art?" Now that you have annotated and notated your reading assignment it is valuable to return to the images you commented on concerning Journal #1. Do you have a different perspective now that you have read "What is Art?"
You may not agree with this individual's choice to pierce her face, but she is clearly content and happy with her appearance. So why make a judgement?
Dear Humanities Students,
If you missed class on Tuesday, August 27th, we completed the following:
2. Students submitted their "What are the Humanities? Why are the humanities important?" assignment.
3. We discussed their responses to the above questions, and then I gave the "official" definition for "What are the Humanities? The Humanities is the study of what affects mankind. These disciplines include music, art, religion, philosophy, drama, and literature. We also discussed the five reasons why one should study the Humanities:
1. One develops a greater ability to think critically through studying Humanities. Often criticism is considered negative, but there is also a positive side to critical skills. It includes the ability to choose good from evil, excellent from poor, and profound from superficial.
2. Another reason for studying the Humanities concerns the fact that all human beings gain pleasure from the arts. We rejoice in the creative expressions of others. We enjoy a story well told, beautiful melodies, and pleasing sculptures.
3. Studying the Humanities gives one the ability to share knowledge with future generations. Many challenging ideas have been explored during the history of this world, and we would be impoverished if we had no knowledge of them. Sharing our understanding of the Humanities guides not only ourselves, but those we choose to enlighten.
4. Studying the Humanities guides us in understanding how past generations have dealt with human challenges, emotions, and ideas.
5. Another reason for studying the Humanities is to gain vision and experience emotion to the point that we have a greater appreciation for the artists' intent. We must see beyond the simple story, the decorative painting, the pleasing melody or the entertaining drama, in order to fully understand what the artist is trying to say about life.
HOMEWORK:
1. Please read "What are the Arts," included below, and include 7-10 annotations on each page. Copy this to a Word document and then print it off. Please place it in the "Handout" section of your notebook.
NOTE: You were introduced to the color coding regarding your annotating and notating last class period. Each type of notation correlates to a specific color. Please see the color key below.
- If you find a section of text confusing then you would underline it using BROWN.
- If you are able to make a connection to your own life then you would underline that section of text using your PURPLE.
- Another way to annotate is by asking QUESTIONS about the text. RED is the color you will use for this annotation.
- If you come across a VOCABULARY word that you don't know use YELLOW!
- If a piece of text touches you emotionally, then BLUE is the color for that annotation.
- If a piece of writing is poetic to you, then use BLACK!
- If text gives you a different perspective then GREEN is your annotation color.
- ORANGE is the color you will use if you come across text that you find interesting.