This class is taught by Ms. Small and encompasses a wide variety of topics ranging from history and English to psychology and understanding how society functions. Our group and whole class discussions are consistently engaging and address different elements of our society in the past, present, and future. We started off the year with Walden and merged to different topics including the education system, satire and logical fallacies, and currently, race and identity. This class offers a fresh perspective on the world we live in and the different elements that make it up. Scroll down to see some of my favorite humanities assignments from this year!
For this assignment, we were not confined to a specific topic, rather we could choose something in the realm of the education system to further discuss and make an argument about. This was the most interesting essay I had written in a long time in my opinion. The topic I focused on was individualized learning in classrooms and the benefits that come with it. Pulling from various external sources, I was successful in arguing that personalized learning was something more schools should look to implement because of the advantages it provides for the student and their learning capabilities.
Alongside my partner, we created an entertaining yet informative satirical piece revolving around today's world and how to successfully “fit in”. Following a manual style format, we implemented various rhetorical devices that were discussed in class to satirize the issue we were targeting. This was a very fun project as we got to work with people we don’t usually get to work with and develop a piece on any idea that interested us. We chose Gen Z and their typical behaviors to address some of the things that we as students and teenagers have consistently noticed, making it even more interesting to discuss and write about.