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America Is Not Europe: Our Unique Heritage

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America's Artistic Legacy
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

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Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”

America's Artistic Legacy
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
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And Then There's This . . .

Jonathan Turley, The Fight Over Parental Rights Just Got Primal. “Few would believe that sending our children to a public school means we have transferred the most fundamental parental rights to ‘experts’ on rearing our children.”

Roger Kimball, What the Right Gets Wrong About Art. “Why do so many people feel that if something is regarded as art, they ‘have to go along with it,’ no matter how offensive, foolish, or corrosive it might be?“

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”


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