VOCABULARY HUNT
1). HUMANITIES - Those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human values and of the unique.
2). HISTORY - a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes.
3). ART - the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.
4). LITERATURE - Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest
5). SOCIETY - A voluntary association of individuals for common ends; an organized group working together or periodically meeting because of common interests, beliefs, or profession.
6). CULTURE - the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education.
7). SUB-CULTURE - An ethnic, regional, economic, or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns of behavior sufficient to distinguish it from others within an embracing culture or society
8). FAMILY - 1 : a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head; a group of persons of common ancestry.
9). COMMUNITY - people with common interests living in a particular area; an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location
10). SOCIO-ECONOMICS - Relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors.
11). FILM - a series of pictures projected on a screen in rapid succession with objects shown in successive positions slightly changed so as to produce the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move.
While looking up the definitions, I realized that each one of these words involves the study of humanities by way of human behavior and how we were raised. It was interesting for me to look up these meanings and to find numerous different definitions for each one. After reading through the definitions, it struck me that each of these have something to do with the way we live, past traditions and how we choose to raise our own families. You can learn a lot about history and ones culture through art, literature and film. Although it may be that particular persons perspective, they are expressing it in a way that many other can understand, even if they are from a different culture. Looking up these definitions helped me understand the meaning of humanities a little more and has given me an idea of what this class will entail. These definitions made me look harder at my own family background and realize I will find that although we speak different languages and live in different countries, we are all influenced by the societies we live in and what was taught to us by our own families.
