GUIDE AND EXAM REVIEW
SECTIONg1:gFOUNDATIONSgOFgTHE
gHUMANITIES
ClassicalgDefinitiongofgHumanities
Answer:gTheggeneralglearninggthatgshouldgbegthegpossessiongofgallghumangbeings.
MedievalgDefinitiongofgHumanities
Answer:gEducationgandgtraininggingtheggoodgartsgandgdisciplinesg—
gskillsgthatgwouldgmostglikelygmakegpeopleghumane.
7gLiberalgArts
Answer:gTriviumg(words)gandgQuadriviumg(numbers,gincludinggmusic).
ModerngDefinitiongofgHumanities
Answer:gThegstudygofglanguages,gliterature,ghistory,gandgphilosophy;gtheghistory,gcritic
ism,gandgtheorygofgthegarts;gtheghistorygofglaw,greligion,gandgscience.
5gDisciplinesgfromgthegItaliangRenaissance
, Answer:gGrammar,grhetoric,gpoetry,ghistory,gandgmoralgphilosophy.
UnderstandinggthegHumanitiesgasgagHolisticgandgInterdisciplinarygStudy
Whilegstudiesgingfieldsgsuchgasgartgorgmusicgtendgtogbegquitegfocusedgandgorientedgt
owardgdevelopinggpracticalgskillsg(howgtogpaintgorgsing),ghumanitiesgclassesgthemselves
gareginterdisciplinary.gThisgmeansgthatgtheirgpurposegisgtogmakegconnectionsgbetweeng
theglargergfieldsgtraditionallygknowngasgtheghumanities.
Aghumanitiesgclassgmightgexploreghowgthegmusicgorgarchitecturegofgeighteenth-
centurygAmericagreflectsgthegreligiousgandgphilosophicalgidealsgofgthatgtimegandgplace.
HolisticgEducation
Agholisticgeducationgnotgonlygprovidesgscholasticginformationgandgqualifyinggskillsgbut
galsogcultivatesgdurabilitygtogmeetgthegchallengesgofgdailygliving.
Agholisticgeducationgteachesgusgtogthinkgandgtogrespond,gtoglistengandgtogempathize,g
togusegresources,gandgtogrespectgothers.
Ultimately,gagstudygofgtheghumanitiesgallowsgusgtogcraftgfactsgintogknowledgegandgto
gshapegknowledgegintogwisdom.
QUIZgQUESTIONg1
QUESTION:gWhygisgagstudygofgtheghumanitiesgcalledg"interdisciplinary"?
CORRECTgANSWER:gBecausegitgmakesgconnectionsgbetweengbroadergacademicgfield
sgsuchgasgphilosophy,ghistory,gandgfinegarts.
RATIONALE:gTheghumanitiesgareginterdisciplinarygbecausegtheygconnectgdifferentgarea
sgofglearning.gForgexample,gstudyinggaghistoricalgpaintinggcanginvolvegart,ghistory,gphi
losophy,gandgculture.
QUIZgQUESTIONg2
QUESTION:gWhichgofgthegfollowinggdefinitionsgdescribesgag"holisticgeducation"?
CORRECTgANSWER:gTransforminggfactsgintogknowledgegandgshapinggknowledgegint
ogwisdom.
RATIONALE:gHolisticgeducationggoesgbeyondgmemorizinggfacts.gItghelpsglearnersgund
erstandginformation,gconnectgideas,gmakegthoughtfulgdecisions,gandgapplygwhatgtheygle
arngtogeverydayglife.