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=**Welcome to Mrs. Imhoff's Humanities Wiki! **= ==== 9th grade Humanities is a course that blends the traditional English and History courses into a more unified, integrated learning experience. Throughout the year students will explore the following enduring understanding: **humans recognize their history and future as they struggle to develop a civilized existence.** All class readings, discussions, activities, and assignments will be related to this central idea. As we progress throughout the school year we will discuss the following essential questions: ====
 * ** How is power used and abused? **
 * ** Why are some rich and some poor? **
 * ** Who is more important, the individual or the community? **
 * ** How should humans use natural resources? **
 * ** How does where we are impact who we are? **
 * ** What are "human rights" and who determines them? **
 * ** What is "civilized," what is "barbaric," and who decides? **
 * ** How do we determine the role, power, and responsibility of men and women? **
 * ** How do humans explain their existence in the universe? **
 * ** Do science and technology help or hurt? **
 * ** Why do humans create art? **