May 14-18, 2012
HUMANITIES
Below is all the information students will be learning for the contempoary time period. They MUST know if for the final Friday!!!!
AH-HS-2.1.1
STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE OR EVALUATE HOW FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, PLACE, AND IDEAS ARE REFLECTED IN MUSIC. DOK 3
EUROPEAN CULTURE AND STYLE PERIODS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY (STRAVINSKY – INFLUENCE ON RUSSIAN BALLET)
AMERICAN CULTURE AND STYLE PERIODS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY (MULTIPLE CULTURAL INFLUENCES, BLENDING OF CULTURES AND STYLES: GERSHWIN – JAZZ IN CLASSICAL MUSICAL FORMS, COPLAND – INTEGRATED NATIONAL AMERICAN IDIOMS INTO HIS MUSIC, ELLINGTON – THE SOPHISTICATION OF AMERICAN JAZZ STYLES, LATIN AND CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES IN AMERICAN MUSIC – MUSICAL STYLES AND IDIOMS INTEGRATED INTO THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM
AH-HS-2.2.1
STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE OR EVALUATE HOW FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, PLACE, AND IDEAS ARE REFLECTED IN DANCE. DOK 3
EUROPEAN CULTURE AND STYLE PERIODS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY (BALANCHINE, BARYSHNIKOV, FOKINE – THE REVITALIZATION AND 20TH CENTURY PROMINENCE OF RUSSIAN BALLET)
AMERICAN CULTURE AND STYLE PERIODS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY (ALVIN AILEY – ACCLAIMED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHER INCORPORATION OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN ROOTS, AFRICAN -AMERICAN THEMES, MARTHA GRAHAM – ABANDONING TRADITIONAL STEPS OF BALLET, PORTRAYED CHARACTERS IN WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT)
AH-HS-2.3.1
STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE OR EVALUATE HOW FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, PLACE, AND IDEAS ARE REFLECTED IN DRAMA. DOK 3
AMERICAN CULTURE:
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS’ ROLE WITH REALISM IN THEATRE (TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, ARTHUR MILLER)
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY (IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON DRAMA/THEATRE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE)
AH-HS-2.4.1
STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE OR EVALUATE HOW FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, PLACE, AND IDEAS ARE REFLECTED IN VISUAL ART. DOK 3
HISTORICAL STYLE PERIODS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN (SALVADOR DALI – SURREALISM, PABLO PICASSO – MULTIPLE STYLE PERIODS INCLUDING CUBISM)
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN (ANDY WARHOL – POPULARIZED MIDDLE CLASS CULTURE, GEORGIA O’KEEFE – LARGE SCALE ABSTRACTION OF NATURAL FORM, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, DOROTHEA LANGE – PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE DEPRESSION ERA, JACOB LAWRENCE – REFLECTS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)
***I have a student leaving for basic training Saturday morning, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers!
CHORUS –
Wednesday 5/23 – ALL choir members are to be at the auditorium to rehearse for the performance. Students are expected to be on the stage at 5:15 – 5:45. They are to leave the building after that. They must be in their seats ready to sing by 6:45.
FRIDAY 5/25 – SINGERS students will be performing (unless it rains). Be on the football field by 5:15 to run through the songs. They need to meet at the high school to be bused over to the field at 7:00. Anyone who misses the bus will not be allowed to sing. Students will NOT have a bus ride back to the high school, so wear shows you can walk in.
MORE INFO COMING SOON!