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  • The Humanities
  • What is Art?
    • Why Art?
  • Artistic Literacy
  • Historical Units of Study
    • Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Greece - IN PROGRESS
  • Thematic Units of Study
    • Fiber Arts
    • The Art of Terror >
      • Storytelling
    • The Art of Gratitude >
      • Extra Credit - StoryCorps
    • Faith and Spirituality >
      • Sacred Spaces
      • The Symbols
      • The Stories
      • Death and the Afterlife
      • The Holy Books
      • God Incarnate
    • Family
    • Wisdom of Wall-e
    • The Most Powerful
    • The Art of Portraiture >
      • Critical Vocab - Portraiture
      • Humans of New York
      • The Book of Bruce Springsteen
    • Social Commentary >
      • Social Commentary - Project
      • Critical Vocab - Social Commentary
      • Documentary Film
    • Art and the Environment
    • The 'Ideal' - IN PROGRESS
    • Mother and Child - IN PROGRESS
    • The Art of War >
      • "Saving Private Ryan" Discussion
    • Death and Dying
    • The Art of PEACE - IN PROGRESS
    • Judaism

THE HUMANITIES - 
What are they and why are they important?


“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.  To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?"  Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.What will your verse be?”

Choose ONE of the articles below to dive deeper into your exploration of WHAT the Humanities are and WHY they are important.

When You Cut the Humanities, What You Lose is the Human

The Economic Case for Saving the Humanities

Don't Dismiss The Humanities

Why The Humanities Matter

Lessons From the Humanities

Why Study Humanities

Humanities Teach Students to Think

To Write Better Code, Read Virginia Woolf


Below are links to three organizations that work to support the Arts and Humanities. Choose one of the organizations to look even further at WHAT the Humanities are and WHY they are important.
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Click on the image to the right to visit the website for the National Endowment for the Arts. 

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Click on the image to the right to visit the website for the National Endowment for the Humanities.


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Click on the image to the right to visit the website for the National Humanities Alliance. 

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Click on the image to the right to visit the Stanford Humanities Center.

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