Humanities Resources
Humanities elective: Introduction to Literature
Objective
Resource Name
Contents
Address

To understand our own roles in
interpreting a literary work as
we bring values, experience,
interdisciplinary knowledge,
and beliefs to the interpretation.
Teaching Literature
Offers goals and tips for
planning and organizing,
classroom discussion,
using narratives, and
media literacy; also offers
lesson plans, sample
syllabi, and literature text
resources
http://www.teachingliterature.o
rg/teachingliterature/

To develop and utilize various
critical approaches to literature.
Notearama
Note page handout for
printing critical
approaches to literature
http://notearama.blogspot.com/
2011/01/critical-approaches-toliterature.html

To develop reading strategies
which enable us to fully analyze
a text.
Fact Monster
Poetry terms hangman
game to play interactively
on the white board in
order to learn literary
terms that aid in analysis
http://www.factmonster.com/g
ames/hangman/poetryterms.html
Humanities Elective: Fine Arts
Objective

Locate, analyze, and evaluate
the beauty of a variety of fine
arts, from Raphael’s lines to
Beethoven’s modulations, in
order to understand artistic
concerns, characteristics, and
Resource Name
Address
Understanding Relationships
Between Art and Music
http://thejacksonsymphony.org/educationoutreach/pdf/COMMONTERMSUNIT09.pdf
http://practicalpages.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/famous-
influences; the humanistic
perspective; and the value of
humanity’s worth and
contributions worldwide

Demonstrate an
understanding of the creative
process and be able to
analyze and interpret
creative works
artists-lapbook.pdf
Famous Artists Lapbook
A Model of the Creative Process
Sample Rubric for Assessing the
Creative Process*

Discuss and think critically
about the basic elements and
principles in which the
beauty of fine arts becomes
manifest
The Basic Elements of Art
http://www.dubberly.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/ddo_creative_process.pdf
http://www.ln.edu.hk/tlc/oba/files/align/3samplerubric.pdf
http://www.foxvalleysymphony.com/i/p/0708PIEartpagescolor.p
df
http://www.kqed.org/assets/pdf/arts/programs/spark/visartvoc
ab.pdf?trackurl=true
Visual Arts Vocabulary
http://ameyerstudios.com/Dictionary%20of%20Musical%20Term
s.pdf
Dictionary of Musical Terms

Show how the arts reflect the
socio-cultural conditions of
their time and place,
including an examination of
the contributions of
World Myths & Legends in Art
http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/MythCurriculum.pdf
minorities and women.
Humanities Elective: Literary Terms
Objective
Resource Name
Content
Address
 Understanding V for Vendetta in Kinetic
Alliteration
Typography
The scene in V for Vendetta in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10
which V introduces himself to
Eevy, in a long rambling string
of alliteration.
 Understanding Harry Potter and the Biblical
Allusion
Allusions
Demonstration of how the
structure of Harry Potter is
directly related to many bible
stories, and leads to the
overall theme of Good vs. Evil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ayCrBzewo
 Understanding Douglas Gibson's Anecdotes
Anecdote
About Celebrities
Douglas Gibson is the author
of "Stories About
Storytellers". He talks about
his encounters with many
writers; including Alice
Munro, Robertson Davies,
Barry Broadfoot, Brian
Mulroney and Pierre Trudeau.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ab83cPjkV0
 Understanding American Protagonist: Society's
Antagonist
Antagonist
Examples include books such
as Native Son, The
Awakening, The Crucible, and
inspired by the lives of
Malcolm X, Martin Luther
King Jr, and Thurgood
Marshall. Includes famous
speeches by X, and clips from
the respective films of all of
the above titles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYBBGRgfi18
 Understanding Archetypes: Introduction
Archetype
An introduction to character
archetypes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBPAG66s3lk
 Understanding Iago Aside
Aside
Iago from Shakespeare’s
Othello demonstrates a
dramatic “aside.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpeKmFN5jnA
 Understanding Kramer's Entrance
Chronological
Order
Every “Kramer” entrance on
Seinfeld in Chronological
order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXSGV5wEv1o
 Understanding La pianiste Isabelle Huppert
Climax
[final scene]
Climax from "La Pianiste" film
by Michael Haneke [2001].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNfOjPN0UpA
 Understanding What Are You? A Dialogue on
Dialogue
Mixed Race
Featured in the 2009 Mixed
Roots Film & Literary Festival
in downtown Los Angeles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHFupQm5wk
 Understanding A Raisin In The Sun - All Of It
Drama
Starring Sean Combs, Tony
Award®-nominee Sanaa
Lathan, four-time Tony
Award®-winner Audra
McDonald, and Tony
Award®-winner Phylicia
Rashad in the film adaptation
of the timeless play by
Lorraine Hansberry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84EAbPDRQ4k
 Understanding Jeffrey the Dynamic Character
Dynamic
Characters
An attempt to explain the
abstract concept "dynamic
character" in concrete ways.
In this video the main
character grows or shrinks in
size when faced with internal
and external struggles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxf5ph5qERA
 Understanding Falling Action Saints and
Falling Action Soldiers
Falling Action: The details of
the story that happen after
the falling action. It occurs as
a result of the climax or crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vXZK1kPz7o
 Understanding Will Ferrell and Figurative
Figurative
Language
Language
An overview of Figurative
Language using Will Farrell's
Movies as a guide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3HJ1brXr6s
 Understanding
Flashback
 Understanding What is Foreshadowing?
Foreshadowin
g
A clear and simple description http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdXA6zNgqU
and definition of
foreshadowing in film with
examples from popular
movies.
 Understanding Mean Girls: Verbal Irony
Irony (Verbal)
Verbal irony example from
Mean Girls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSBrmgdKts
 Understanding The Prestige Ending
Irony
(Situational)
Twist ending to Christopher
Nolan’s The Prestige. Example
of situational irony in context
of cinema.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHKan75x7GI
 Understanding Dark Knight: Car Crash
Irony
Dramatic Irony
(Dramatic)
Scene from The Dark Knight
where dramatic irony is
clearly illustrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWr5oApJlgw
 Understanding
Irony
(Cosmic)
 Understanding Good Will Hunting: Robin
Monologue
Williams Monologue.
Robin Williams performs one
of the most popular
monologues in recent film
history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws66aAdthE0
 Understanding Six Basic Plot Conflicts in
Plot
Literature
Lecture on the six basic plot
conflicts in common literary
plots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JatIU8jfRU
 Understanding HUNGER Trailer (2008) - The
Protagonist
Criterion Collection
Trailer of Steve McQueen film
entitled HUNGER about
Bobby Sands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9IiUbBV4zc
 Understanding I “Was” Bald.
Repetition
Seinfeld Clip of George
Costanza employing the
literary device of repetition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9Jpf-ADYc
 Understanding Literature & Reading: What Is
Resolution
Story Resolution?
Story resolution occurs after
the climax of a story in order
to tie up the loose ends of
what happens in the story.
Find out about less traditional
story resolution with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0PUUsST7E
information from a writing
instructor in this free video on
writing.
 Understanding Rhetorical Devices
Rhetoric
They might sound Greek to
you, but rhetorical devices
such as alliterations,
anaphora, or metaphors move
your message up the ladder.
Use them like Cesar did when
he said, "Veni, vidi, vici.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFBXJyDx3E0
 Understanding Girl's Rite of Passage
Rite of
Passage
Apache girls take part in
ancient tests of strength,
endurance and character that
will make them women and
prepare them for the trials of
womanhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B3Abpv0ysM
 Understanding The Dark Knight Bank Robbery
Setting
Scene HD
Five minutes of the opening
scene from the film The Dark
Knight illustrating not only
geographical setting but also
psychological setting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0
 Understanding David Tennant - Hamlet's
Soliloquy
Soliloquy (RSC Hamlet)
David Tennant as Hamlet in a
film of the Royal Shakespeare
Company's award-winning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYZHb2xo0OI
production of Shakespeare's
greatest play.
Directed by Gregory Doran.
 Understanding How to Find a Theme
Theme
Learn about theme. Topics
include what it is, how a
subject differs from a theme,
how theme is a model of the
real world, how to find a
theme, and why
understanding theme can
even make you a happier
person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM