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America's Artistic Legacy
| 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 | ||
And Then There's This . . .
Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”
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.”
Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”