Sixth Grade Humanities
Sixth-grade Humanities builds the foundation for students to cultivate strong interpersonal and community-minded connections. Our curriculum actively examines the ideas of “justice” when approaching a piece of text, audio, or visual work by bringing in a historical/contemporary context and using theoretical knowledge to frame discussions. In particular, we aim to use critical literary lenses (eg. race, class, gender) alongside each primary text we read to tackle major themes. Students will be challenged to think deeply about multiple and overlapping perspectives, to ask thoughtful questions of one another, and to reflect through writing about why our learning matters to our own lives and the communities/world around us.
Our first semester’s themes and topics will center heavily on the ideas of storytelling and community; concurrently, students will work on foundational skills that include, but are not limited to, communication, collaboration, and self-advocacy as relevant to their academic as well as social and emotional development. The second semester’s focus will continue to build on these foundational skills through a more global perspective as well as additional opportunities for research and action within their communities.