Humanities

Humanities classes weave together many strands of content and analysis. Across classes, students learn to:

  • Communicate clearly and effectively in written, oral, and visual forms.

  • Read and analyze diverse texts including fiction, non-fiction, periodicals, technical literature, plays, and poetry.

  • Analyze historical texts alongside literary and artistic sources to understand both more richly.

  • Understand and use the social sciences, including philosophy, economics, geography, and psychology.

  • Employ critical theories (e.g. queer, Marxist, postcolonial, and critical race theories) to critique power structures in historical and contemporary society.

  • Participate in the struggle for justice by collaborating with local organizing campaigns.

The Humanities curriculum delves deeply into the work of others and challenges students to generate their own. Students read books and write essays, but they also simulate past events, write and perform plays, debate contemporary issues, design and build memorials to historical figures, interview experts outside the Meridian community, and carry out original primary source research.

Humanities Course Sequence

Students are also able to sign up for electives including:

A.P. English Literature

A.P. Psychology

A.P. United States History

Interested in learning more about each course? Click here for full course descriptions.