JHS Humanities Academy.

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What is the JHS Honors Humanities Academy?
- Humanities aim to study how individuals ensure, process, and document the human experience. The Johnson High School Honors Humanities Academy is a unique and progressive approach to teaching students world history in conjunction with world literature and composition. By simultaneously examining both world history and world literature, students will critically analyze the intersectionality of these subjects while mastering the content Georgia Performance Standards in both subject areas.

How can the academy help me in the future?
- By taking all of the required courses, and meeting the criteria accepted by the state of Georgia, you can graduate with a seal on your diploma known as the International Skills Diploma Seal.

Okay, cool. But how does the seal help me?
- It is a signal to employers and institutions of higher education that a student is prepared to participate in the global economy.

What exactly are the requirements to get the seal?
- Classes
  - World Literature (Required to graduate anyway)
  - World History (Required to graduate anyway)
  - Directed Studies (see below)
  - At least (3) credits in the same world language class
- Community Service
  - Twenty hours of community service involving a global/cross-cultural public service project
  - Examples of past community service projects include
    - Cleaning up parks and streams for Keep Hall Beautiful
    - Unwrap Humanity– wrapping Christmas gifts for migrant children
    - Food drive for Georgia Mt. Food Bank
    - Yard sales for Charity
    - Campus beautification

Extracurricular Activities
- At least four extracurricular activities and experiences with global themes and/or in global contexts (e.g., exchange programs, international and language clubs, travel abroad)

Capstone presentation
- The knowledge gained in the courses and activities listed above (Completed in Directed Studies class)

- Directed Studies is the proverbial crossroads of the Honors Humanities Academy. It is the point at which students explore the intersectionality of literature, philosophy, history, and current events through various academic outlets and communal presentations.
- Through self-directed research, the students choose topics of interest and explore the connections between academic knowledge, current events, social issues, and potential solutions within our global and local communities.
- The class culminates in a comprehensive Capstone presentation in which the students research a global/local issue, create a presentation, explore potential solutions, and contribute their own (potential) product/solution through an individual call to action.

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