Course Title: Arts History Appreciation
Term: 2008/2009
Teacher: Mrs. Klinglesmith
Credit: 1 Credit (full year course) Prerequisite: None (required for all diploma tracks)
Course Description: The course Arts and Humanities includes study of dance, drama, music, and visual arts in discipline based and historical contexts.
? Structures in the Arts
? Humanity in the Arts
? Purposes for Creating the Arts
? Processes in the Arts
? Interrelationships Among the Arts
Course Goal: The goal of this course is to give students knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the arts in culture.
Course Requirements: In order for the student to be successful in this course, he/she must meet the following expectations:
participate in class
keep a notebook/folder
participate in all activities
complete all assignments
Criteria included for evaluation and Determination of Grade: A points based average of all grades on assignments; quizzes, tests, and classroom participation comprise 90% of the student grade. Comprehensive Exams (midterm test and final test) will make up the remaining 10% of the final grade for each semester
Academic Expectations: Students MUST have a credit in Arts and Humanities in order to graduate from North Bullitt High School. Each student is expected to do his/her best on all assignments.
Drama is like a dream, it is not real, but it is really felt.
Abhinavagupta
In life as in the dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.
Alice Abrams
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
Stella Adler
Where words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Anderson
The aim of art is represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
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