Humanities 4

What Students Learn

This course is generally suited to students in Grade 11 and above with strong academic reading and independent learning skills. Comparing perspectives and forms of expression across cultural contexts broadens their understanding of the humanities and develops analysis of complex causes. Students strengthen intercultural understanding and academic argumentation.

Learning Focus

1. Cultural understanding: explain perspectives and expression in context

2. Comparative reading: analyze positions and reasoning across sources

3. Inquiry: discuss causes and connections within complex phenomena

4. Academic communication: synthesize evidence and develop independent judgments

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes emphasize comparative analysis and synthesis in argument. Students connect sources with their contexts, evaluate the basis of different interpretations, and explain their judgments through analytical writing. Attention to the limitations of evidence accompanies the development of independent reading skills.