HONORS MULTICULTURAL-HUMANITIES
MS. VALLEY
ROOM 115
VALLEYCLASSROOM.WEEBLY.COM
The Humanities: artistic mediums that study the human condition (that which makes us uniquely…human).
The Humanities we will study include:
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Written Art
Philosophy
Poetry
Literature
Non-fiction
Visual Art
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Urban Art
MATERIALS
The moment you enter the classroom, you are telling
myself and your classmates that you are ready to think
and learn. Students need the following materials
EVERY DAY in class:
Pen or Pencil
Highlighters (3 colors)
Three Ring Binder (pocket on front)
Eight Tab Dividers
Notebook paper
Post-it Notes
Performance Art
Dance
Theater
Film
Installation Art
VOCABULARY
There are vocabulary words we will use throughout
the year. Make flashcards and learn them now:
Cultural Capital
Contrast
Juxtaposition
Ideology
Context
Metacognition
Ethnography
Interpretation
COURSE OUTLINE
Skills Focus
Annotation
Note Taking
Critical Analysis
Using Evidence
Course Themes
Q1 – Identity
Q2 – Purpose
Q3 – Commitment
Q4 – Action
Grading
Total Points
Q1 = 40%
Q2 = 40%
Semester Exam = 20%
OUR CLASS AS A COMMUNITY
Throughout this course, we will be helping each other learn how to learn within an academic community. This
will demand that we behave respectfully toward one another.
RESPECT INCLUDES ACADEMIC HONESTY. Personally cheating on tests and examinations, allowing others
to copy or look at, or copy work, or engaging in other activities that are dishonest (including plagiarism) in
earning academic grades, is a serious offense requiring strict sanctions, including but not limited to receiving a
zero (F) grade on the academic work involved.
SOPHOMORE HONORS EXPECTATIONS
Any acadmic writing should be typed (double spaced) using Times New Roman 12 pt. font, and must include a
single spaced header (Name, Class Period, and Date). Any academic writing assignment which includes ANY
of the following list will NOT be graded. It will instead be returned to the student to fix and return the next day:
 1st or 2nd person pronouns (I, me, you, we, us, etc.)
 Contractions (example: can’t)
 Extra spaces (between sentences or paragraphs)
HOMEWORK AND CLASSWORK
 Homework is on time if it is finished when the teacher collects it.
 Homework is accepted one day late for 50% credit.
 An assignment without the student’s first and last name on the top of the paper will receive a zero.
 Projects/papers will drop a letter grade for each day late for up to four days or four letter grades.
ABSENCE
 If you are absent the day a project or paper is due, it is still due that day.
 It is your responsibility to see me – outside of class – regarding missed work.
 If you are absent on the day homework is assigned, you will have one day to complete the assignment.
 If you are absent on the day of a test or quiz, you must make arrangements to make it up.
 Missed assessments must be completed within three days of your return to school.
 If you are absent the day a group project or presentation is due, you risk losing all credit for the work.
UNIT CONTENT
Quarter 1
Identity
Nella Larsen
James Weldon
Johnson
Written Art Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
Wallace Thurman
Richard Wright
Chimamanda Ngozi
Additional
Adichie
Written Art W.E.B. Du Bois
Octavia Butler
Kara Walker
Barthe & Douglas
Wood, Parks, Motley
Visual Art
Nikki S. Lee
Kehinde Wiley
Joel Sternfeld
Performance Alvin Ailey
Art
Julian Treasure
Sillouettes
Art Creation
Slam Poetry
Website
Harlem Renaissance
Additions
Identity Formation
Quarter 2
Purpose
Quarter 3
Commitment
Quarter 4
Action
Euripides
T.S. Eliot
Frank Herbert
Chaim Potok
Markus Zusak
Different Translations
Jeffery Nicholas
Octavia Butler
Doris Salcedo Art
Criticism
Aubrey Beardsley
Robert Montgomery
Moose
Orion
Vik Muniz
Pablo Picasso
Samuel Bak
JR
Theaster Gates
Tyrie Guyton
Heidelberg “Dots”
Dune Installation
Dune Analysis and
Resource Creation
Doris Salcedo
Marina Abramovic
Humans of NTA
NTA PostSecret
Ethnography – The
Power of Art
Louder Than a Bomb
Word Art
Theater Performance
The Purpose of
Theater
HONORS MULTICULTURAL-HUMANITIES
CVALLEY@CICSNORTHTOWN.ORG
MS. VALLEY
ROOM 115
VALLEYCLASSROOM.WEEBLY.COM
TO THE PARENT/GUARDIAN
After you have read the full syllabus, please sign below. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact
me. By signing this you agree to abide by the rules and policies laid out in this syllabus as well as any others
given by Ms. Valley.
Dates for major assignments are below. They can also be found on the class website
(ValleyClassroom.weebly.com) along with class documents and updates. Your email address will also be added
to a parent Humanities email chain.
Student Name
Parent/Guardian Printed Name
Parent/Guardian Signature
Preferred Phone
Preferred Email
Preferred Language
Secondary Email
HONORS HUMANITIES – Q1 WEEK BY WEEK
August 24th – My Personal Art History
August 31st – My “Real Food” Story
September 7th – Read 1st Novel
September 14th – First Analysis Piece
Septembner 21st – Visual Art Stations
September 28th – Read 2nd Novel
October 5th – Second Analysis Piece
October 12th – Quarter Exams
Date