Humanities 1 and 2
Course #0900310 / #0900320
The purpose of this course is to enable students to examine, understand, and respond to creative
efforts of individuals and societies through interdisciplinary study of the arts and their
connections to areas such as history, literature, philosophy, and religion from early civilizations
to 1500 (Humanities 1) and since 1500 (Humanities 2).
After successfully completing this course, the student will:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the unique characteristics of the visual and performing
arts (e.g., painting, sculpture, architecture, music, drama).
Sunshine State Standards
M.U.E.1.4.2 understand how the uniqueness of a
given work of music serves to define its artistic
tradition and its cultural context.
FL Frameworks for K-12 Gifted Learners
Goal 1, Objective. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Nature of Knowledge (Know):
 Locates and lists the general divisions of
knowledge, i.e., art, science, humanities,
etc., and recognizes integrated fields and
disciplines
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Creative Methodology (Know):
 Recognizes contributions of inventors
and innovators in multiple fields of
accomplishment.
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods, and fields
T.H.A.3.4.4 –understand elements used to
influence the meaning of the drama
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods, and fields
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Creative Methodology (Know):
 Recognizes contributions of inventors
and innovators in multiple fields of
accomplishment
Goal 2, Obj. 1: Identifying Questions
Trait: : The Power of Questions (Perform):
 Demonstrates an initial use of questions
to drive critical thought within a
discipline
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Creative Methodology (Understand):
 Analyzes and/or replicates methods used
by creators and problem solvers in
multiple fields
V.A.B.1.4.2 Understand that works of art can
communicate an idea and elicit a variety of
responses through the use of selected media,
techniques, and processes
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Trait: Communication (Understand):
 Uses multiple tools and techniques to
target identified audiences; uses precise
language to explain positions
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the influence of history, literature, philosophy, and
religion on the arts (from early civilization to 1500: Humanities 1) and (after 1500:
Humanities 2).
Sunshine State Standards
DA.C.1.4.3—understand the impact society
and history have on choreographic styles and
trends
DA.E.2.4.4. Understand historical and
cultural images of the body in comparison to
images of the body in contemporary media
LA.A.2.4.2 determine the author’s purpose
and point of view and their effects on the text.
LA.D.1.4.1. apply an understanding that
language and literature are primary means by
which culture is transmitted
FL Frameworks for K-12 Gifted Learners
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Creative Methodology (Know):
 Recognizes contributions of inventors
and innovators in multiple fields of
accomplishment
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Conceptual Connections (Understand):
 Demonstrates foundational knowledge
of various fields and disciplines
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LA.D.2.4.1 understand specific ways in which
language has shaped the reactions,
perceptions, and beliefs of the local, national,
and global communities
LA.E.1.4.2 understand why certain literary
works are considered classic
LA.E.1.4.3 Identify universal themes
prevalent in the literature of all cultures
MU.E.1.4.1 Understand how elements, artistic
processes , and organizational principles are
used in distinctive ways and provide
connections between music and other subjects
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 2, Obj. 1: Identifying Questions
Trait: : The Power of Questions (Perform):
 Demonstrates an initial use of questions
to drive critical thought within a
discipline
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Organization of Data (Perform):
 Identifies and illustrates themes,
patterns, and structures that define an
area of study
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Understand):
 Seeks connections between fields to
make sense of patterns and trends
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
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SS.A.1.4.1 Understand how ideas and beliefs,
decisions, and chance events have been used in
interpreting history
SS.A.2.4.1 Understand the early cultural
development of humans
SS.A.2.4.4 Understand significant aspects of
the economic, political, and social systems of
ancient Greece and the cultural contributions
of that civilization
SS.A.2.4.5 Understand the significant features
of the political, economic, and social systems
of ancient Rome and the cultural legacy of
that civilization.
SS. 2.4.7 Understand the development of the
political, social, economic, and religious
systems of European civilization during the
Middle Ages
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Understand):
 Recognizes bias and value statements in
a variety of media
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Nature of Knowledge (Know):
 Locates and lists the general divisions of
knowledge, i.e., art, science, humanities,
etc., and recognizes integrated fields and
disciplines
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Know):
 Manipulates data in order to determine
contributions of the discipline to the
community and world
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Know):
 Manipulates data in order to determine
contributions of the discipline to the
community and world
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Know):
 Manipulates data in order to determine
contributions of the discipline to the
community and world
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
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Humanities 1 and 2
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TH.C.1.4.1 Understand the cultural and
historical influences on dramatic forms (e.g.,
theatre)
VA.C.1.4.1 Understand how social, cultural,
economic, religious, and political conditions
influence the function, meaning, and execution
of works of art
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies and uses terminology
authentic to a chosen discipline of
knowledge
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Know):
 Manipulates data in order to determine
contributions of the discipline to the
community and world
Trait: Organization of Data
 Identifies and illustrates themes,
patterns, and structures that define an
area of study
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
Goal 2, Obj. 1: Identifying Questions
Trait: The Power of Questions (Understand):
 Understands the function of questions to
connect multiple disciplines
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
3. Compare and contrast ideas and artistic expression across varied cultures (from
early civilization to 1500: Humanities 1) and (since 1500: Humanities 2).
None
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods and fields
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4. Critically evaluate selected exemplars in the visual and performing arts
according to aesthetic guidelines and historical and cultural perspectives.
Sunshine State Standards
DA.D.1.4.2 understand the process of
observation and analysis in
developing a critique of a finished work.
MU.D.1.4.3 understand the musical elements and
expressive techniques (e.g., tension and release,
tempo, dynamics, and harmonic and melodic
movement) that generate aesthetic responses.
MU.D.2.4.1 establish a strategy for making
informed, critical evaluations of the quality
and/or the effectiveness of a performance.
FL Frameworks for K-12 Gifted Learners
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Evaluation (Understand):
 Analyzes the impacts of existing
knowledge and attitudes; identifies
personal assumptions and blind spots in
approaching the problem
Goal 3, Obj. 3: Detecting Bias
Trait: Fact versus Opinion (Perform):
 Analyzes opinions and facts of experts
within a research field
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Data Analysis (Perform):
 Uses a variety of tools and techniques to
organize data to draw conclusive
statements
Goal 4, Obj. 1:Supportive Arguments
Trait: Supportive Constructs (Perform):
 Communicates supportive evidence
convincingly in multiple formats
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Organization of Data (Perform):
 Identifies and illustrates themes,
patterns, and structures that define a
field of study
Goal 1, Obj. 2: Foundational Concepts
Trait: Components and Methodologies (Perform):
 Understands and delineates the diversity
of language, tools, and methodologies
between and among disciplines
Goal 3, Obj. 3: Detecting Bias
Trait: Fact versus Opinion (Perform):
 Analyzes opinions and facts of experts
within a research field
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Organization of Data (Know):
 Creates or selects an existing system for
organizing data in a sequence
Goal 4, Obj. 1: Supportive Arguments
Trait: Supportive Constructs (Understand):
 Develops multiple supporting
statements from different perspectives
Goal 3, Obj. 3: Detecting Bias
Trait: Fact versus Opinion (Accomplish):
 Creates, defends, and adapts opinions
developed after the analysis of data
within a variety of fields
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TH.D.1.4.3 understand theatrical performances
from the perspective of current personal,
national, and international issues, through
the evaluation of artistic choices in film,
television, and electronic media (e.g., different
depictions of the story of Aladdin).
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Understand):
 Recognizes bias and value statements in
a variety of media
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Evaluation (Understand):
 Analyzes the impacts of existing
knowledge and attitudes; identifies
personal assumptions and blind spots in
approaching the problem
Goal 6, Obj. 2: Responsibility for Learning
Trait: Critical Reflection (Understand):
 Analyzes assumptions in relation to
specific historical and cultural context
TH.E.1.4.2 understand the reasons for personal
and audience reactions to theatre from various
cultures and time periods (e.g., French farce,
Greek tragedy, and Japanese Noh).
Goal 6, Obj. 2: Responsibility for Learning
Trait: Critical reflection (Know):
 Identifies assumptions, beliefs, values,
cultural practices, and social structures
to assess impact
Trait: Critical Reflection (Understand):
 Analyzes assumptions in relation to
specific historical and cultural context
Goal 6, Obj. 2: Responsibility for Learning
Trait: Critical reflection (Know):
 Identifies assumptions, beliefs, values,
cultural practices, and social structures
to assess impact
Trait: Critical Reflection (Understand):
 Analyzes assumptions in relation to
specific historical and cultural context
Goal 4, Obj. 2: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Accomplish):
 Analyzes, interprets, and synthesizes
details and facts to examine
relationships, infer meanings, and
predict outcomes
Goal 6, Obj. 2: Responsibility for Learning
Trait: Critical reflection (Know):
 Identifies assumptions, beliefs, values,
cultural practices, and social structures
to assess impact
Goal 4, Obj. 1: Supportive Arguments
Trait: Multiple Perspectives (Understand):
 Develops multiple supporting
statements from different perspectives
Goal 6, Objective 2: Responsibility for
Learning
Trait: Critical Reflection (Understand):
 Analyzes assumptions in relation to
specific historical and cultural context
VA.B.1.4.3 understand some of the implications
of intentions and
purposes in particular works of art.
VA.D.1.4.1 understand and determine the
differences between the artist’s intent and public
interpretation through evaluative criteria and
judgment.
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Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections across
historical events, periods, and fields
5. Recognize the contributions of major visual and performing artists from early
civilization to 1500 (Humanities1) and since 1500 (Humanities 2)
Sunshine State Standards
MU.C.1.4.3 understand the influence of
significant composers and
performers on music styles, traditions, and
performance
practices.
TH.E.1.4.5 recognize the significant works and
major contributions of
major playwrights, performers, designers,
directors, and
producers in American theatre.
VA.C.1.4.2 understand how recognized artists
recorded, affected, or influenced change in a
historical, cultural, or religious context.
FL Frameworks for K-12 Gifted Learners
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Creative Methodology (Know):
 Recognizes the contributions of
inventors and innovators in multiple
fields of accomplishment
Goal 1, Obj. 3: Investigative Methodologies
Trait: Investigative Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies content area specialists to
establish a sense of cause and effect
within a field
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Accomplish):
 Develops themes and connections
across historical events, periods and
fields
Goal 1, Obj. 3: Investigative Methodologies
Trait: Investigative Methodologies (Know):
 Identifies content area specialists to
establish a sense of cause and effect
within a field
Goal 1, Obj. 1: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Manipulation of Data (Know):
 Manipulates data in order to
determine contributions of the
discipline to the community and the
world
Goal 1, Obj. 3: Investigative Methodologies
Trait: Investigative Methodologies (Perform):
 Applies the indicators that reflect
quality in a field and understand how
the field measures success
Goal 6, Obj. 2: Responsibility for Learning
Trait: Critical Reflection (Understand):
 Analyzes assumptions in relation to
specific historical context
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6. Analyze how history and culture have shaped the development of
today’s societies and cultures.
Sunshine State Standards
LA.A.2.4.8 synthesize information from multiple
sources to draw conclusions.
LA.B.2.4.3 write fluently for a variety of
occasions, audiences, and purposes, making
appropriate choices regarding style, tone, level of
detail, and organization.
FL Frameworks for K-12 Gifted Learners
Goal 1, Obj. One: Organizing Knowledge
Trait: Basic Research (Perform):
 Uses multiple primary and secondary
sources to analyze, synthesize, and
evaluate relevant persons, places,
events, or beliefs that are dominant in a
field.
Goal 3, Obj. Two: Manipulating Information
Trait: Information in Multiple Contexts
(Perform):
 Uses multiple secondary and primary
sources to analyze, synthesize, and
evaluate relevant details and facts to
examine relationships, infer meanings,
define relationships, and predict results
Goal Four, Obj. Two: Analyzing Data
Trait: Critical Thinking (Perform):
 Uses inductive and deductive thinking
processes to draw conclusions
Goal 4, Obj. 3: Problem Solving
Trait: Communication (Understand):
 Uses multiple tools and techniques to
target identified audiences; uses precise
language to explain positions
Goal 5, Obj. 3: Leadership and Organization
Trait: Communication (Understand):
 Shows an awareness of the experiences,
needs, and concerns of others in the
communication process
Goal 7, Obj. 1: Communicating Expertise
Trait: Advanced Presentation (Accomplish):
 Based on evaluation, revises and adapts
presentation, language, and symbol
systems for specific and various
audiences
*The portions in italic type are not required for this course.
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