2019/2020 Syllabus

BVHS – AP Art History (APAH): 1st Semester 2019/2020

Instructor: Mr. Goodwin

Email: James.Goodwin@sweetwaterschools.org

Phone: 619-397-2000

Office Hours: Generally Lunch and Afterschool: Ask first, and you shall receive!

Course Overview:

Advanced Placement Art history is a college level course that enables students to apply decision-making, analytical and problem-solving skills that will facilitate rational, effective lifelong learning. Students who successfully complete the requirements can request credit from the college or university they will attend. Credit will be awarded upon passing the AP Art History exam by the AP College Board.

The NEW AP Art History is based on three BIG IDEAS that students will be asked to discover, research, interpret, acknowledge, and understand fully. They are:

BIG IDEA 1: Artists manipulate materials and ideas to create an aesthetic object, act, or event.

What is art and how is it made?

Materials (Environment/Geography)

Art making techniques

Why make art? (Function)

BIG IDEA 2: Art making is shaped by tradition and change.

Why and how does art change?

What features/changes of a tradition do you see?

Why was the art influential?

BIG IDEA 3: Interpretations of art are variable.

How do we describe our thinking about art?

What are the formal qualities and content of the art?

What is the context of the art? (context = differing interpretations)

What attributes of a work can we attribute to other works of art? (similarities and differences?)

Course Objectives:

· Students will learn to discuss and write about Global Art using skills that define critical thinking, including analysis, inference, interpretation, compare and contrast and evaluation.

· Students will also learn how to use critical thinking skills to make connections from concrete to abstract, personal to impersonal and literal to figurative.

· Students will gain a worldwide understanding of Global Art traditions through art as a reflection of those societies.

· Students will learn to see through observing details in the art studied. Students will learn to relate those details to observation of their own world.

· Students will observe the evolution of art and societies through the chronological approach to teaching of art history.

· Students will develop an art vocabulary and be able to use the language of painting, sculpture and architecture and also the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. They will also learn technical terms, stylistic devices and building methods.

· Students will have an opportunity to experience hands-on approaches to various media and processes including fresco and construction for a better understanding of the arts.

· Because of the religious purpose of much of the art studied, students will develop a basic knowledge and understanding of world religions and their relationship with art and each other.

· Students will make connections to literary works through paintings and sculptures as narrative forms of expression.

Student Materials:
Students will be responsible to bring to class everyday:

Sturdy binder
Dividers for units
pens/pencils/highlighters
Colored Index cards (pastel, neon, or primary…) (5x8) (not the small kind) LOTS OF THEM!

Student Supplementary Websites (more can be found at my class website below)
FREE **Mr. Goodwin’s AP Art History website: https://goodwinj74.wixsite.com/apart-historymrg
FREE   College Board, Student AP Art History www.collegeboard.org
FREE   Gardner’s Companion book website through www.wadsworth.com
FREE   SmartHistory, Presented by KhanAcademy www.smarthistory.khanacademy.org
$21 Barron's AP Art History, 4th Edition (Highly Recommended)

Student Evaluation: Points based system
                        Tests/Quizzes Content/Date/Artists Quizzes, Content Quizzes – points vary each quiz/test
                        Class Work       (Flashcards, Activities, FRQ practice)
                        Homework        (Ethics Responses, Investigative Studies)
                        Final Exams and major semester projects

I do not round grades, extra credit is given throughout both semesters. The grade in Jupiter is the one that goes on your transcript.
I do not raise or lower course grades in Jupiter based on your College Board exam score.

“AP Study Sessions”
Study Sessions for the AP Exam will start in late March/April. Exact dates will be announced in March. Sessions are not required, though strongly recommended. Study Sessions will help students better prepare for the exam by taking practice exams, working together with another student, drill vocabulary, artists, and review key movements. We will organize flashcards and notes so that students are effectively able to study. During these study sessions information about the exam and what to expect will be explained.

Citizenship Grades:

Grades are based on the classroom expectations, school rules, attitude, and attendance.

Cell Phones:

If a phone is out without permission, you and the rest of the class will be warned. The 2nd time, I will keep it until the end of class on my desk. The third time in a semester, I will take it away and a parent will have to pick it up from the main office. There WILL be times I will ask you to use your cell phone.

Tardy Policy: Students arriving late (or returning late from breaks) often disrupt the rhythm and flow of learning. Punctuality and timeliness is important and valued in my class. For every “T” (truant) on the attendance printout, your citizenship grade will be dropped ONE LETTER GRADE. For example, a student with one truant will automatically receive a “B” in citizenship for that grading period. You are responsible for checking the printout regularly and to clear uncleared absences. Saturday school as well as lunch detention are available. Tardies will also affect citizenship grades. I will follow school policy with regard to tardies (see handbook)

*Tardies beyond the above limits will result in automatic detention and possible Saturday school. Students can always be reached by telephoning our front desk and always have access to our school phone.

** Missed Tests: Tests/Exams/Quizzes need to be made up the 2 days after you return- No exceptions and no excuses will be accepted for not having time to study. Missed lectures because of make-up tests/quizzes is YOUR responsibility. You must come to me to schedule a time to make up quizzes. If you do not take the test/quiz when you return the quiz will remain a zero Jupiter.

**Note: Technology is not an excuse for late work. If you are having computer trouble, please make arrangements to visit either the computer lab or the library where you can access computers. You can also hand-write assignments if needed.

Plagiarism:

You have wonderful and insightful ideas and opinions and we can’t wait to hear them. DO NOT copy/plagiarize anyone else’s ideas or opinions. Cheating/copying is absolutely NOT tolerated and will result in an F grade for the assignment. If you do agree with/like another’s opinion, SAY IT- just give proper credit to the original author and cite your facts.

**** For further clarification please refer to the BVHS Handbook

Healthy snacks permitted (up to my discretion but...if you read the ingredients and can't pronounce many of them, its probably not healthy).

Final Thoughts:

· Class time is YOUR time. Leave all other subjects at the door. Do not be working on assignments for other classes.

· When you come inside, breathe; be ready for AP Art History and focus. This class, as with any AP class, requires your full attention and commitment. Let’s use it wisely and have fun to achieve our daily and long term goals!

· Please don’t litter, don’t leave papers behind, put back books and supplies where you found them.

· NO WHINING!

Rough Timeline for the Year
1st semester:
Prehistory
Ancient Mediterranean
Near East
Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Early Europe and Colonial Americas
Late Antiquity art
Byzantine art
Medieval art
Romanesque art and architecture
Gothic art and architecture
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
Mannerism
Northern Renaissance

2nd semester

Pacific
Colonial Americas
Indigenous Americas

Africa

South, South East, and Eastern Asia

Later Europe and Americas

Baroque
Rococo
Enlightenment
Romantic
Realism
Impressionism
Post Impressionism
West and Central Asia
Timeline due
Expressionism
Cubism
Dada
De Stijl
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art
Environmentalist
Global Contemporary artists