America’s Artistic Legacy Syllabus

Two semesters/124 weekly sessions; H.S. credit 1.0 (History, Fine Arts, Humanities)

Module 1America Is Not Europe: Our Unique Heritage
Unit 1Before You Begin
Unit 2America Is Not Europe: Our Unique Heritage
Unit 3Video Sessions 1
Unit 4America's Artistic Legacy: Unit 1 Assignments
Unit 5America's Artistic Legacy: Repertoire 1
Unit 6America's Artistic Legacy: Gallery 1
Module 2Our Puritan Heritage
Unit 1Video Sessions 2
Unit 2Assignment: Our Colonial Beginnings
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 1-2
Module 3The Moravians
Unit 1Video Sessions 3
Unit 2Assignment: The Moravians
Module 4Spanish Influences on Native America
Unit 1Video Sessions 4
Unit 2Assignment: Spanish Missions
Unit 3Native American Flute
Unit 4Quiz for Modules 3-4
Module 5New France
Unit 1Video Sessions 5
Unit 2Assignment: New France
Module 6The Arts and Science of Philadelphia
Unit 1Video Sessions 6
Unit 2Assignment: Arts and Science of Philadelphia
Unit 3Gallery: Philadelphia
Unit 4Quiz for Modules 5-6
Module 7The Roots of American Hymnody
Unit 1Video Sessions 7
Unit 2Assignment: Roots of American Hymnody
Module 8Music in Chains
Unit 1Video Sessions 8
Unit 2Assignment: Colonial Song and Songs in Chains
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 7-8
Module 9Uniquely American: The Minstrel Show
Unit 1Video Sessions 9
Unit 2Assignment: Minstrelsy
Module 10American Arts and Culture of the Mid 19th Century
Unit 1Video Sessions 10
Unit 2Assignment: American Arts of the Mid 19th Century
Unit 3Gallery: John James Audubon
Unit 4Gallery: George Caitlin
Unit 5Gallery: Thomas Cole
Unit 6Quiz for Modules 9-10
Module 11Our Kaleidoscopic 19th Century
Unit 1Video Sessions 11
Unit 2Assignment: Our Kaleidoscopic 19th Century
Module 12Tragedy, Adventure, and the Grand March
Unit 1Video Sessions 12
Unit 2Assignment: Tragedy, Adventure, and the Grand March
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 11-12
Module 13The Building Up of Arts Institutions and Mass Culture
Unit 1Outline
Unit 2Video Sessions
Unit 3Assignment: Building Up of American Arts Organizations
Module 14American Arts Enter the World Stage
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: American Art Enters the World Stage
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 13-14
Module 15From Boston to the Prairie
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: From Boston to the Prairie
Module 16New Technologies and the Gilded Age
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: New Technologies and the Gilded Age
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 15-16
Module 17The New Century Starts with a Bang
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: The New Century Starts with a Bang
Module 18Opulent and Turbulent
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: The World at War
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 17-18
Module 19Aftermath of WWI and the Roaring Twenties
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: The Aftermath of WWI and the Roaring Twenties
Module 20The 1930s and the Flowering of American Arts
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignments on Ives and America in the 1930s
Unit 3Quiz for Modules 19-20
Module 21The Path to World War II
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment: The Path to World War II
Unit 3Quiz for Module 21
Module 22America's Music: Jazz
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Jazz Terms
Unit 3Assignment on Jazz
Unit 4Quiz for Module 22
Module 23Moving Into the War Years
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment on the War Years
Unit 3Quiz for Module 23
Module 24The Post-War Years
Unit 1Video Sessions
Unit 2Assignment on Post-War America
Unit 3Quiz for Module 24
Unit 4Course Completion Survey