人文学科项目

人文学科 英语 invites students to develop their reading, 写作, and speaking skills in a collaborative environment as they respond to the stories that 形状 contemporary and canonical literature. This course builds verbal ability through the creative process in which finished work results from a commitment to the phases of 写作 as an 艺术, 修辞作为一种技巧. Understanding grammatical rules and expanding vocabulary become necessary as freedom and discipline combine to transform enthusiastic practice into polished performance. 这门课程的严谨性在于此, 在某种程度上, on encounters with challenging literary texts of various genres and on engagement with alternative media. 关闭 examination and reading provide for comprehension and application of the critical questions connecting the various 人文学科 disciplines. Through interdisciplinary study and experience — both analytical and sensory — students learn to respond skillfully and authentically to conflicting individual and social 价值s.

This course is an exciting and accessible st艺术ing point for students who wish to learn the fundamental skills and expressive potential of problem-solving design, 根据观察得出结论, 色彩理论, 拼贴画, 多媒体的使用, 和绘画. This course provides students with a rigorous grounding in seeing, 作文, 以及通过图像表达思想. 艺术项目相信任何人, 在适当的指导下, can learn to successfully manipulate a wide range of media in the creation of meaningful visual images. Every student will be taught to understand and compose with line, 价值, 形状, form, 空间, color, 和光线. Emphasis will be placed on how best to edit and arrange one’s image creation and subject matter. This course will combine pertinent design and fine 艺术 topics with a range of media and subject matter. 学生 are encouraged to be inventive and expressive with newly acquired knowledge. They will combine ideas from 人文学科 disciplines and 艺术 历史 in the making of imaginative images, offering a personal response to their learning experience. 在充满挑战的工作室氛围中, 鼓励, 和支持, students will learn how to confidently create and critique 艺术work. 每个标记期, a major assignment in 艺术 will be closely linked to those in 英语, 哲学与宗教, 和历史.

The 历史 component of lower mid 人文学科 stuides themes in United States 历史 is linked to 英语, 哲学与宗教, 还有艺术. 我们将检查时间段c. 1776年至今, beginning with the foundation of republican government in the United States and ending with civil rights in the 21st century. 学生 will build upon the skills developed in the prep year and focus on 写作 analytical essays, 阅读对事件的解释, rooting historical arguments into the context of scholarship, 整合统计数据, 图表, and non-verbal evidence in constructing historical arguments. The course will include p艺术icular emphasis on 研究 skills and culminate with a major 研究 project. 学生 will be expected and encouraged to p艺术icipate fully throughout the course by careful reading, 思考, 和讨论.

Building on the skills established in the prep theatre course, lower mids focus on developing an individual acting process. In the first few weeks of the course students discuss and practice three traits that form the foundation of the course: discipline, 意识, 和创造力. In the first semester, the focus is on individual acting. 学生 use a variety of exercises to explore script analysis, 运动, 的声音, 性格发展, 试镜策略. 评估包括十四行诗背诵, 模拟试镜, 观察项目, and presentations on playwrights from the Enlightenment through Realism. The culminating activity is the 艺术 Salon, which consists of a collection of monologues. The second semester challenges students to continue honing individual skills while also expanding to p艺术ner and scene acting. They investigate status, relationship, staging, and strategies for effective collaboration. 评估包括对话录, 第二次模拟试镜, presentations on modern and contemporary playwrights, 日记, 以及最后艺术沙龙的一小段场景. As the course embraces a practical approach to help students devise personally effective acting processes, students will be required to audition for some of the HDA productions throughout the school year.