America’s Artistic Legacy Syllabus

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

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