Southwest Guilford High – American Humanities

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

The course emphasizes the human journey associated with being and/or becoming American from the early national period to the modern era. The course will use a historical lens to discover and question through broad humanistic movements— literary, artistic, linguistic, philosophical, and religious—the cultural uniqueness of America, including popular culture. The course will accentuate a variety of voices representative of the American experience over time. This course is a seminar experience, and skills associated with seminar participation— reading, researching, listening, speaking, questioning, interpreting, and reasoning—will be emphasized.