High School Arts Specialization Curriculum Document

Suggested Instructional Time
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Unit
Visual Art
Architecture
Music
Dance
Theatre
90 MIN. CLASS
70 MIN. CLASS
50 MIN. CLASS
Introduction & pretest
 
 
 
 
 
2
2.5
4
Elements of Art
elements & principles, media & purposes of art, processes (CPR-creating, performing, responding)
5
6.5
9
Elements of Architecture
arch, vault, dome, stress/counterstress
1
1.5
2
Elements of Music
rhythm, melody, form, rondo, theme & variations, timbre, harmony, tempo, dynamics, purposes of music, processes
3
4
5.5
Elements of Dance
space, time, force, purposes of dance, processes
3
4
5.5
Elements of Theatre
literary, technical, performance, elements, purposes of theatre, processes
2
2.5
4
Optional Assessment
1
1.5
2
Ancient-Medieval Review: Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc.
statues
Parthenon, Pantheon, Gothic, Romanesque
Pythagorus, Gregorian chant
Greek and Roman Theatre, morality plays
3
4
5.5
India
temples, towers, stupa, Pampapati Temple,
1
1.5
2
China
brush painting, calligraphy
Buddhist temples, pagoda, Liurong Temple
1
1.5
2
Middle East
arabesques, geometric patterns
mosques, minarets, Dome of the Rock
2
2.5
4
Optional Assessment
1
1.5
2
Renaissance
Leonardo, Michelangelo
Palestrina, polyphony, counterpoint
court dances
Commedia dell'arte
10
12.5
18
Northern Renaissance
Shakespeare, Elizabethan
1
1.5
2
Optional Assessment
1
1.5
2
Baroque
Rembrandt, Caravaggio, chiaroscuro
Bach, fugue, Handel, oratorio
development of ballet
3
4
5.5
Neoclassical
David
Jefferson
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, sonata form
satire
5
6.5
9
Romantic
Constable, Goya
Tchaikovsy, Wagner, aria, recitative
golden age of ballet, artistic expression
melodrama
4
5
6
Realist
Courbet, Manet
folk & social: square dance, recreational dance
Ibsen, G.B. Shaw
1
1.5
2
Optional Assessment
1
1.5
2
Japan
Japanese prints
Kabuki
1
1.5
2
Impressionist
Monet, Cassatt, Rodin
Debussy, Ravel
2
2.5
4
Post-Impressionists
Van Gogh
1
1.5
2
Optional Assessment
1
1.5
2
Africa
African art & influence on modernism
ceremonial dance
4
5
6
Latin America
Latin & Caribbean, influence on USA
1
1.5
2
Early 20th Century 1900-1945
Picasso, Dorothea Lange, Dali, O'Keefe, Jacob Lawrence
Frank Lloyd Wright, skyscrapers
Stravinsky, Ellington, jazz
Fokine, foxtrot, swing, jazz
musicals, tecdhnology (lighting)
3
4
5.5
Mid 20th Century: 1945-1970
Warhol
modern architecture
Gershwin, Copland, jazz continues, popular music & influence on society
Martha Graham, modern, Alvin Ailey, Balanchine
TN Williams, Arthur Miller. Musicals continue, film (optional), technology (camera, sound equipment)
3
4
5.5
Contemporary (1970-present)
modern architecture
popular music & influence on society
Baryshnikov/Russian ballet, modern
musicals continue, film (optional), technology (special effects, computer)
3
4
5.5
Assessment
1
1.5
2
Total
71
94.5
130.5
This allows us to be done before the CATS test. After that, each teacher can decide what projects to do.
71- 90 minute classes
94.5- 70 minute classes
130.5- 50 minute classes

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