Humanities at New Voices is an integrated approach to teaching ELA and social studies.   Students are supported to develop the skills required to be life-long critical thinkers and learners.   Teachers use a range of teaching strategies to engage all students and support the needs of diverse learners.

Essential questions in each unit of study provide a focus for students’ engagement in meaningful discussions and activities.  Students closely read novels and shorts texts from a range of genres and multiple perspectives.  They are guided through the writing process when responding to their reading by producing a variety of writing pieces: argument, informative, and literary essays.  Students develop the life skill of analyzing information to make informed decisions. They participate in Socratic Seminars that help them understand the relevance of the unit’s big idea to current events and their own lives.