The Humanities
A Teacher's Guide to Key Concepts and Enduring Questions
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
979-8-216-44381-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Humanities: A Guide to Key Concepts and Enduring Questions is written for teachers seeking fresh ways to bring the humanities into their classrooms. Drawing on philosophy, religion, history, languages, literature, music, dance, photography, and film, each chapter explores enduring questions within a discipline while offering insights teachers can adapt into lessons, discussions, and projects. This book equips teachers to help students think critically and creatively about the issues that continue to shape the human experience.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-216-44381-0 (9798216443810)
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Robert DiYanni is a professor of humanities at New York University, where he serves on the faculties of the School of Professional Studies and the Stern School of Business. He earned his undergraduate degree in English from Rutgers University, attended a Master of Arts in Teaching program at Johns Hopkins University, and received a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the City University of New York Graduate Center. Robert DiYanni has offered more than 250 workshops and presentations on teaching literature, writing, interdisciplinary humanities, critical and creative thinking, and book publishing. He has run these sessions for public and independent schools in the United States and Canada; for international school consortia and associations in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East; and for secondary schools, colleges, and universities in the United States and beyond.
Content
The Humanities-A Guide to Key Concepts and Enduring Questions
Preface
Introduction Why the Humanities?
Chapter One Philosophy-Making Sense of Ourselves in the World
Chapter Two Religion-Understanding the Divine and Sacred Writings
Interlude 1 Some Types of Religion
Chapter Three History-Making Sense of the Past in the Present
Interlude 2 Languages and History
Chapter Four Languages-Communicating with Others Around the World
Interlude 3 Invented Languages
Chapter Five Literature-Recreating Experience in Language and Form
Chapter Six Film-Exploring Aspects of Life Through Moving Images
Interlude 4 Some Notes on Photography
Chapter Seven Music-Connecting with Others Through Sound and Rhythm
Interlude 5 Music, Language, and Meaning
Chapter Eight Dance-Expressing the Self Through Movement and Gesture
Appendix How to Read Great Books
References
Index
Preface
Introduction Why the Humanities?
Chapter One Philosophy-Making Sense of Ourselves in the World
Chapter Two Religion-Understanding the Divine and Sacred Writings
Interlude 1 Some Types of Religion
Chapter Three History-Making Sense of the Past in the Present
Interlude 2 Languages and History
Chapter Four Languages-Communicating with Others Around the World
Interlude 3 Invented Languages
Chapter Five Literature-Recreating Experience in Language and Form
Chapter Six Film-Exploring Aspects of Life Through Moving Images
Interlude 4 Some Notes on Photography
Chapter Seven Music-Connecting with Others Through Sound and Rhythm
Interlude 5 Music, Language, and Meaning
Chapter Eight Dance-Expressing the Self Through Movement and Gesture
Appendix How to Read Great Books
References
Index