Educarter
Business English
The Power of Stories
Financial Literacy
Financial Crises - Ups and Downs
Leadership
Teamwork and Project Management
>
Business Modelling
Investing
Introduction to Economics
Corporate Ethics
Inequality
Lobbying
Marketing and Branding
>
Manipulated
Personal Branding
>
Types of e-Portfolios and CVs
Video Profiles
Possible Platforms for Your e-Portfolio
Musings
Balance
ASL
Cultural Literacy
"The Odyssey" as Journey
Hellenic Period
Hellenistic Period
(Western) Roman Period
>
Developments in the Levant and North Africa
Byzantine Period
From Medieval to Early Renaissance
>
Pilgrimage
Romanesque Style
Gothic Style
Dante's Inferno
The Italian Renaissance - Florence and Venice
The Northern Renaissance - Continental Europe
Hamlet
>
Famous Soliloquys
Resources for ASL
A Bit about Me
Cultural Literacy
Hellenistic Period
From Medieval to Early Renaissance
Hamlet
"The Odyssey" as Journey
(Western) Roman Period
Dante's Inferno
Hellenic Period
Byzantine Period
The Italian Renaissance - Florence and Venice
Arts, Society and Literature (ASL):
Helps students develop an understanding of Western cultural references.
Allows easy access to Western arts
, literature and ideas especially for those brought up in a non-Western culture.
Explores the evolution of Western ideas
and thought as they find expression in art, architecture, literature, music, philosophy and the humanities.
Asks some of humanity’s most enduring questions
.
Will pique your interest
so you will take this interest with you throughout your life.
Our Book List:
Our main non-fiction text is
"Arts & Ideas"
by William Fleming.
ISBN 978-0534-613-822
Our first reading of fiction is
Homer's "The Odyssey" in translation by Robert Fagles
, perhaps the most accessible translation in English.
ISBN 978-0140-268-867
We will be reading
Alain de Botton's "The Consolations of Philosophy"
, a highly readable account of Western philosophy.
ISBN 978-0679-779-179
In the Spring, we will read
Dante's "Inferno"
from "The Divine Comedy"
ISBN 978-0451-531-391
... and
"Hamlet"
.
ISBN 978-0521-618-748
We will also be reading a compendium of supplementary texts, all online, ranging from pre-Socratic philosophers through Pliny through Michaelangelo's poem about why he is not a painter ...
Educarter
Business English
The Power of Stories
Financial Literacy
Financial Crises - Ups and Downs
Leadership
Teamwork and Project Management
>
Business Modelling
Investing
Introduction to Economics
Corporate Ethics
Inequality
Lobbying
Marketing and Branding
>
Manipulated
Personal Branding
>
Types of e-Portfolios and CVs
Video Profiles
Possible Platforms for Your e-Portfolio
Musings
Balance
ASL
Cultural Literacy
"The Odyssey" as Journey
Hellenic Period
Hellenistic Period
(Western) Roman Period
>
Developments in the Levant and North Africa
Byzantine Period
From Medieval to Early Renaissance
>
Pilgrimage
Romanesque Style
Gothic Style
Dante's Inferno
The Italian Renaissance - Florence and Venice
The Northern Renaissance - Continental Europe
Hamlet
>
Famous Soliloquys
Resources for ASL
A Bit about Me