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Time Period |
Unit |
Core Content # |
Core Content/Program of Studies |
Activities/Demonstrators/Technology |
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HHS Two class periods.
CCHS
One class period. |
Humanities introduction
Historical and Cultural Context |
AH-H-1.2.34
AH-H-2.2.31
AH-H-4.2.31
AH-H-5.2.32
AH-H-5.2.33
RD-H-4.0.12
RD-H-X.0.7
WR-H-1.1
WR-H-1.2 |
Definition of humanities.
Importance of creativity.
Overview of elements and principles of each discipline.
Interrelationship of each discipline.
Reflection of arts and humanities in history and culture.
Cultural Diversity and its effect on humanities. |
Creativity Tree Handout.
Personality Inventory. Apollonian or Dionysian.
Discussion on careers in Arts and Humanities.
Journal Writing. Why study Humanities? Why bother creating art?
Group discussion on cultural diversity and its influence on culture. |
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HHS Two class periods.
CCHS
A=two class periods |
Visual Art |
AH-H-4.2.31
AH-H-4.2.32
AH-H-4.2.35
AH-H-4.1.32
AH-H-4.1.33
AH-H-4.1.34
AH-H-4.2.37 |
Purpose of Art.
Two Dimensional.
Three Dimensional.
Elements.
Principles.
Interpretation of art. |
Journal writing. What is the purpose of visual art?
Group discussion on differences between two and three dimensional art.
Discussion on elements and principles of art. Show historical examples of each term.
Simple creation of a two dimensional and three dimensional pieces on element and principles of art. |
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HHS Two class periods.
CCHS
T=two class periods |
Theatre |
AH-H-3.1.31
AH-H-3.1.32
AH-H-4.1.32
AH-H-3.1.32
AH-H-3.2.34
AH-H-3.2.32
AH-H-3.2.33 |
Forms of theatre.
Staging a play: Visual elements involved.
Plot.
Character development.
Performance.
Musical theatre. |
Create brochure on careers in theatre.
Vocabulary on the elements of theatre.
Visual analysis of script. Can be verbal or written.
Analysis of behavior of audience. |
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HHS Two class periods.
CCHS
M=two class periods |
Music |
AH-H-1.1.31
AH-H-1.1.33
AH-H-1.1.34
AH-H-1.2.34 |
Elements of music.
How to read music.
Instruments of music.
Voice types in music.
Styles and genre of music. |
Elements discussion and listening journals. Children's songs. Differences of instruments.
Group discussion and journal entry on how to read music.
Show 1st segment of Fantasia.
Sound of Music. Do Re Me.
Temary –Twinkle, twinkle-ABA
Round- Row Row,-
Canon- Dona Nobis Pacem
Binary- AB-Frere Jaques |
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HHS Two class periods.
CCHS
D=two class periods |
Dance |
AH-H-2.1.35
AH-H-2.1.32
AH-H-2.2.32
AH-H-2.2.31 |
Definition of dance.
Elements of dance.
Purposes of dance.
Forms of dance.
Choreography of dance. |
Discussion elements and forms of Dance.
Journal entry- What is Dance?
Videos on Culturally Diverse dances.
Open Response on Dance critique/Comparison of Culturally Diverse dances. |
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HHS Four class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period. |
Ancient and Lineage-Based Cultures. |
AH-H-4.3.31
AH-H-5.3.31
AH-H-1.3.31
AH-H-2.3.31 |
Art-Cave painting.
Art-Native American and African masks.
Art-Pyramids. Stonehenge. Rosetta Stone
Literature- Gilgamesh epic. Noah and the Flood. Book of the Dead.
Music- Ancient instruments.
Music-Music of West Africa.
Dance-Ritual Dance. |
Diagram Comparison of Gilgamesh, Noah and the Flood, and Book of the Dead.
Discussion of Symbols. Creating visual story with symbols.
Create a mask for ritual dance. Hand-out on Purpose of Masks.
Discussion of Ancient architecture.
Comparison of ancient instruments and contemporary counterparts.
Call and Response music of West Africa. |
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HHS Four class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period. |
Asian Cultures |
AH-H-1.3.32
AH-H-4.3.32
AH-H-5.3.32
AH-H-3.3.32
SS-H-2.1.1
SS-H-2.2.1 |
Music-Instruments of the Bible.
Arts- Ceramics and Textiles.
Literature-Haiku, Islamic, Judaic, and Sheherazade(Arabian Nights)
Religion-Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Taoism, Hinduism.
Theatre-Noh and Kabuki. |
Coil pot.
Instrumentation of music.
Comparison of religious movements. On demand Writing.
Read Morality stories and compare principles.
Exploration of Noh and Kabuki theatre forms.
Write a Chinese symbol in Calligraphy. |
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HHS Five Class periods.
CCHS
A=2 class periods
T, M, D each 1 class period |
Classical Greece and Rome. |
AH-H-4.3.33
AH-H-2.3.33
AH-H-3.3.33
AH-H-1.3.33
AH-H-5.3.33 |
Arts-Beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation.
Arts-Discus Thrower, Parthenon, and Coliseum.
Arts-Styles of Architecture.
Theatre-Tragedy, Sophocles, and Euripides.
Music-Pythagoras and Music theory.
Literature-Homer, Plato, and Aristotle. |
Discussion on columns and architecture.
Gesture drawing.
Transactive writing- Encyclopedia entry on tragedy and comedy.
Comparison of heroes with modern literature and cinema.
Discussion on Pythagorean Theorem and music theory. |
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HHS Seven Class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period |
Medieval Period |
AH-H-5.3.35
AH-H-3.3.35
AH-H-4.3.35
AH-H-1.3.35
AH-H-2.3.35 |
Christian faith and reason.
Importance of religion appealing to emotions.
Literature-Dante, Chaucer
Theatre-Morality plays.
Arts-Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque architecture.
Music-Gregorian chants and Polyphony.
Arts-Botticelli.
Dance-Tarantella. |
Discussion and readings on Medieval literary thought. Chivalry and Dante.
Possible writings. Literary thought and churches role. Comparisons architecture.
Exploration on churches role in theatre and culture.
Listening to Polyphony and Gregorian chants.
Comparisons of architecture with Greco-Roman architecture.
Create a Rose window with Tissue paper.
Discussion Tarantella and social dances.
Discussion and viewing of Illuminated text. Doomsday book. |
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HHS Seven Class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 2 class periods. |
Renaissance |
SS-H-5.3.1
AH-H-3.3.36
AH-H-4.3.36
AH-H-2.3.36
AH-H-1.3.36 |
Reconciles Christian faith and reason.
Promotes "rebirth" of the classical ideal. New freedom of thought.
Theatre-Comedia dell' arte and Shakespeare.
Arts-Giotto, Raphael, Donatello, DaVinci, and Michaelangelo.
Dance-Court Dance.
Music-Counterpoint: Josquin des Prez, and Palestrina. |
Discussion of Comedia dell'arte. Stock character.
Shakespeare scene production.
Discussion on Raphael, Donatello, DaVinci, and Michelangelo. Show slides of art work.
Show examples of Court dance. Excerpt from Romeo and Juliet.
Discussion on Louis XIV and ballet. Visual arts of his palace.
Writing on the musical comparison of Court Dance and Tarantella.
Listening discussion of Josquin des Prez and The Mass. |
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HHS Two-Three class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period |
Baroque |
AH-H-4.3.37
AH-H-5.3.37
AH-H-1.3.37
AH-H-2.3.37 |
Rejects limitations of previous styles.
Restores power of Monarchy/church.
Arts-Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
Literature/theatre-Shakespeare.
Music-Fugue, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel.
Dance-Ballet. |
Show KET video on The Palace Versailles.
Writing on Shakespearean sonnet. Literary Writing.
Listen to Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel. Create listening map.
Show examples of Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
Show excerpts from Swan Lake. |
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HHS Six class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period |
Neo Classical |
AH-H-4.3.38
AH-H-5.3.38
AH-H-3.3.38
AH-H-1.3.38
AH-H-2.3.38 |
Reacts to the excesses of Monarchy.
Returns to order, reason, and structural clarity.
Literature-Satire.
Arts-David.
Theatre- Opera.
Music-Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn. |
Comparison of figure drawing with Greco-Roman ideals.
Compare and Contrast Statues of David.
Discussion of theatrical satire and drama.
Political satire and Caricatures.
Listen to Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn and compare with Looney Toons cartoons.
Handouts on the lives of these composers.
Optional activity- Watch Mr. Holland's Opus |
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HHS Five class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period. |
Romanticism |
AH-H-5.3.39
AH-H-4.3.39
AH-H-1.3.39
AH-H-2.3.39
AH-H-3.3.39 |
Revolts against neo-classical order and reason.
Return to Nature/imagination.
Interest in the Exotic and supernatural.
Literature-Dickinson and Wordsworth.
Arts-Constable, Rodin, and Goya.
Music-Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
Dance-Ballroom dancing. |
Discussion characteristics of Romanticism.
Show examples in Dickinson, Keats, Shelley.
Show examples of Constable, Rodin, and Goya.
Listen to examples of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
Handout and characteristics of notation.
Show Examples of ballroom dancing.
Writing on a comparison of Classical and Romanticism. |
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HHS Five-Six class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period |
Realism |
AH-H-4.3.310
AH-H-5.3.310
AH-H-3.3.310
AH-H-2.3.310 |
Seeks the truth.
Finds beauty in the commonplace.
Arts- Manet, Courbet, Goya, O'Keefe, and Wyeth.
Literature- Cather, Twain, Dickens.
Theatre-Ibsen and Chekhov.
Dance-Folk and social dancing. |
Discussion of real characters. Ibsen and Chekhov.
Discuss the Definition of Realism and identify in First chapter Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn and the River Scene.
Watercolor/Colored pencil painting in comparison with Goya and O'Keefe.
Open Response. Developing a "real" character. If I was _______, in _____ I would feel _______ and I would do_________.
Compare and discuss folk, social, square, barn, and line dances. |
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HHS Four class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1 class period |
Impressionism |
AH-H-1.3.311
AH-H-4.3.311
AH-H-5.3.311 |
Shows effects of light and atmospheric conditions.
Captures moments of time.
Music-Debussy and Ravel.
Arts- Monet, Van Gogh, Manet, Cassatt, Renoir, Cezanne, and Degas.
Literature-Crane. |
Show KET video on Impressionism.
Listen to Debussy and Ravel.
Pastel drawing on the style of Impressionism.
Show examples of Monet, Van Gogh, Manet, Cassatt, Renoir, Cezanne, and Degas.
Show video on Impressionists artists. |
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HHS Nine-ten class periods.
CCHS
A, T, M, D each 1-2 class periods. |
Modern and Contemporary. |
AH-H-4.3.312
AH-H-5.3.312
AH-H-1.3.312
AH-H-2.3.312 |
Breaks with or re-defines conventions of the past.
Uses experimental techniques.
Harlem Renaissance.
Arts-Jacob Lawrence
Literature- L. Hughes, Dunbar, Sandburg
Music-Jazz (Ellington, Armstrong)
Dance-Charleston
Art –expressionism, cubism, fauvism (Picasso, Matisse, Pollock
Surrealism/Realism
Stenbeck
R.P. Warren
Norman Rockwell
Salvador Dali
Pop Art –Warhol
Music-folk, popular, rock, hip hop, rap
Dance – twist, break, punk, modern ballet
Music – Stravinsky |
Show examples of Harlem Renaissance painters.
Listen to examples of Jazz and the Cultural significance of the genre.
Video on Charleston and dance of the Harlem Renaissance.
Video on Modern movement and dance. Alvin Ailey.
Create a Printmaking Pop Art.
Show examples of Rockwell and Americana. Discussion and writings on Rockwell paintings.
Show examples of Cubism and Surrealism.
Musical comparison of contemporary music styles.
Discussion of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Dance Comparison of contemporary dance styles.
Comparison of Tragedies of cinema and other historical time periods.
Discussion on Morality issues in modern movies. |