Skyline High School Meredith Giltner, Room
215A
Course Syllabus 734-994-6515 x55216
Course
Information & Overview
AP Art History (College Board Approved) is
a 2-trimester course where the student earns 0.5 credit each trimester for a
total of 1 credit. This credit may be used as an elective credit or as the 1.0
art (VPAA) credit required for graduation.
The AP Art History course is equivalent to a
two-trimester introductory college course that explores the nature of art,art making, and responses to art. By investigating specific course content of 250 works of art characterized by diverse artistic traditions and culture from prehistory to the present, the course cultivates an in-depth, holistic understanding of the history of art from a global perspective. Students become active participants in the global art world, engaging with its forms and content. They experience, research, discuss, read, and write about art, artists, art making, responses to, and interpretations of art.
Prerequisite
There are NO prerequisite courses for AP Art History. Available to 10th, 11th and 12th grade students.
AP Art History Course Content
Functions and effects of art are the focus of the AP Art History
course. Students consider influential forces like patronage, politics, class, belief, gender, and ethnicity in their analysis of art forms. Students will examine styles, techniques, themes, and chronology, comparing and contrasting art forms from varied perspectives and cultures. Students explore a specific set of 250 works of art in 10 content areas beginning with art from global prehistory and ending with global works from the present.
I.
Global Prehistory,
30000–500 BCE: ~4% (11 works)
II.
Ancient
Mediterranean, 3500 BCE–300 CE: ~15% (36 works)
III.
Early Europe and
Colonial Americas, 200–1750 CE: ~20% (51 works)
IV.
Later Europe and
Americas, 1750–1980 CE: ~22% (54 works)
V.
Indigenous
Americas, 1000 BCE–1980 CE: ~6% (14 works)
VI.
Africa, 1100–1980
CE: ~6% (14 works)
VII.
West and Central
Asia, 500 BCE–1980 CE: ~4% (11 works)
VIII.
South, East, and
Southeast Asia, 300 BCE–1980 CE: ~8% (21 works)
IX.
The Pacific,
700–1980 CE: ~4% (11 works)
X.
Global
Contemporary, 1980 CE–Present: ~11% (27 works)
Within each content area, students explore
essential contextual information about regions, cultures, and time periods.
Students have options for focused, intensive learning about artworks, themes,
and cultures they select as personally relevant and meaningful. As students’ study works of art in the required course content, they apply essential art historical skills within the learning objectives, such as visual, contextual, and comparative analysis.
The following are big ideas and learning objectives of the AP Art History course:
• Big Idea 1: Artists manipulate materials and ideas to create an aesthetic object, act, or event.
o Students
differentiate the components of form, function, content, and/or context of a
work of art.
o Students explain
how artistic decisions about art making shape a work of art.
o Students describe
how context influences artistic decisions about creating a work of art.
o Students analyze
form, function, content, and/or context to infer or explain the possible
intentions for creating specific works
of art.
• Big
Idea 2: Art making is shaped by tradition and change.
o Students describe
features of tradition and/or change in a single work of art or in a group of
related works.
o Students explain
how and why specific traditions and/or changes are demonstrated in a single
work or group of related works.
o Students analyze
the influence of a single work of art or group of related works on other
artistic production.
• Big
Idea 3: Interpretations of art are variable.
o Students identify a
work of art.
o Students analyze
how formal qualities and/or content of a work of art elicit(s) a response.
o Students analyze
how contextual variables lead to different interpretations of a work of art.
o Students justify
attribution of an unknown work of art.
o Students analyze
relationships between works of art based on their similarities and differences.
Text
RequiredAP Art History Course and Exam Description. 2015. https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf
Gardner's Art through the Ages: A
Global History (15th
Edition). Fred S. Kleiner
Optional Text:
Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic
Approach (5th
Edition). Margaret Lazzari& Dona Schlesier
AP Summer Work
Using the AP Art History
Course and Exam Description (2015) . https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf creating flashcard for each of the 250 artifacts that
include the description of the works leaving room for content, context, form
and function.
Student
Evaluation: Skyline
High School Grading Scale
|
Letter
Grade
|
Percentage
|
4.0
GPA SCALE
|
|
A+
|
97 - 100
|
4.0
|
|
A
|
93 - 97
|
4.0
|
|
A-
|
90 - 92
|
3.67
|
|
B+
|
88 - 89
|
3.33
|
|
B
|
83 - 87
|
3.00
|
|
B-
|
80 - 82
|
2.67
|
|
C+
|
78 79
|
2.33
|
|
C
|
73 - 77
|
2.00
|
|
C-
|
70 - 72
|
1.67
|
|
D+
|
68 - 69
|
1.33
|
|
D
|
63 - 67
|
1.00
|
|
D-
|
60 - 62
|
0.67
|
|
E
|
Below 60 is
Failing
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
|
AP
Art History Grade Weights:
1) Mastery Projects
…………....……............….……………..……………..........30%
2) Mastery Test ………………………………………………………….………...30%
3) Process Homework/Classwork and Participation …………………….…………20%
4) Mastery Quiz ………………………………………………....……………….. 10%
5) Mastery Final Project ………………………………………………....………..
10%
Participation includes: being on time, prepared for
class, participating in class discussions and critiques, cleaning-up, responsible
use of equipment & supplies, work ethic, and generally doing what you are
suppose to do everyday.
Homework includes handouts and notes. Please check
PowerSchool and GoogleClassroom.
Classroom
Procedures
In order to meet
the aforementioned learning goals students are expected to:
o
be in class on time every day
o
music with headphones only allowed at work time
o
NO cellphones unless using to document and/or upload
work for class
o
NO food or drinks at the computer desks
o
be prepared for class everyday (must have a pencil and journal every day for drawing)
o
work
productively in class every day and take responsibility for their own work
o
clean
up after themselves and help to maintain the classroom environment
o
work
independently when the teacher is working with other students
o
have
a positive attitude and come to class with a growth mindset
o
PLEASE
refer to the Skyline Student Handbook for additional expectations
o
All
students are given twice as much time that is necessary for ALL mastery
projects
o
Process
projects can be done ahead of time or as homework
o
All
students will align to the pace of the class given the structure.
AP ART HISTORY EXAM: 3 HOURS
Assessment Overview
Students demonstrate achievement of AP Art History learning
objectives by applying their art historical knowledge and skills
to address course content. Using works of art studied within the required set of 250 works, or works they chose to study beyond the required content, students have many opportunities to evidence their understanding of art historical concepts. A single exam question is likely to encompass multiple learning objectives and may address works of art from different content areas. This underscores the exam’s focus on assessing students’ in-depth critical analysis of relationships among works of art, art historical concepts, and global cultures.
to address course content. Using works of art studied within the required set of 250 works, or works they chose to study beyond the required content, students have many opportunities to evidence their understanding of art historical concepts. A single exam question is likely to encompass multiple learning objectives and may address works of art from different content areas. This underscores the exam’s focus on assessing students’ in-depth critical analysis of relationships among works of art, art historical concepts, and global cultures.
Format of Assessment
Section I: Multiple
Choice | 80 Questions | 1 Hour | 50% of Exam Score
• Approximately 8 sets of questions (3 to 6 questions each) based on color images
• Approximately 35 individual multiple-choice questions
• Approximately 8 sets of questions (3 to 6 questions each) based on color images
• Approximately 35 individual multiple-choice questions
Section II: Free
Response | 6 Questions | 2 Hours | 50% of Exam Score Two 30-minute essay
questions
• Four 15-minute essay questions
• Essay questions often include images of works of art as stimuli
• Four 15-minute essay questions
• Essay questions often include images of works of art as stimuli
Mastery Learning
Each student in the arts
will accomplish a set of benchmarks in a sequential manner of learning where
the students demonstrate their ability of each skill, working towards the
National Standards. Mastery work needs to be on time in order for it to be graded
properly. Late Mastery work will reflect the adjusted score.
Skyline Writing
Center Website: tinyurl.com/skylinewc
The
Skyline Writing Center offers free writing support to all currently enrolled
Skyline students. Writing Center tutors are highly trained juniors and seniors
that have been identified as having excellent writing skills and teaching
ability. The Writing Center is open every hour of every day that school is in
session. Writing Center tutors can assist students at any academic level and at
any stage in the writing process from initial brainstorming to final revisions.
Students may use the Writing Center’s services for writing assignments in any
course (except for world language courses). Students may also use the Writing
Center for creative writing, college essays, ACT writing preparation, and more.
Students can visit a tutor in person in
room B429 on a walk-in or appointment basis. Appointments can be made with
specific tutors at specific times by using the Writing Center website. In-person
sessions typically last 15-20 minutes. Students can also submit their work
through the Writing Center’s website for online tutoring in the Online Writing
Lab (OWL). Writing is returned in 48-72 hours with suggestions and an
invitation to visit the Writing Center for a follow-up appointment.
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