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WJHS Pathfinder for AP U.S. History
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Definition |
Information Seeking Strategies |
Location and Access |
Synthesis |
Evaluation |
The
Icebergs by
Frederic Church, c.1861
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Now comrades,
it is time for youto invest consideration into your art history project
for semester one.In the pedagogical lexicon, this is a performance
based assessment. In other words,
you will be graded on something that centers on how you research, present,
and create rather than on a sit-down test.
This assessment focuses on artists who happen to be American; imagine that! If I were to guess, I would wager that you know more about Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Michaelangelo than you do about any of the artists whose names appear below. Herr Baxter |
Kaaterskill Clove,
by Asher B. Durand, 1866
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PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS |
*These items will be turned in by each participating individual. NOTE: Each presenter will be awarded an individual grade. |
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Stuart Winslow Homer Charles Wilson Peale John Singleton Copley Frederic Edwin Church |
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Thomas
Cole John Trumbull Benjamin West George Caitlin Asher Durand |
Take a look comrades. Find information about your art history project using magazine or newspaper articles . Refer to local libraries:
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and the Walter Johnson Media Center. The links from the Learning Research Hub below provide access to useful internet research tools for this project.
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General
Resources |
Location and Access
For this Art History assignment, the following call numbers will be helpful:
Art: 700s Biographies: 92, 920 History: 900s
Gilbert Stuart American, 1755 - 1828
Tour:
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)
The
Genius of Gilbert Stuart
Winslow Homer [American Painter, 1836-1910]
Winslow Homer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Winslow Homer American, 1836 - 1910
Charles Wilson Peale [American Painter, 1741-1827]
Artists: Masters: American Masters: Charles Wilson Peale
John Singleton Copley American, 1738 - 1815
Tour:
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815)
John Singleton Copley [American Realist Painter, 1738-1815]
John Singleton Copley : America's First Great Portrait Artist
John
Singleton Copley (1738-1815)
Frederic
Edwin Church [American Hudson River School Painter,
1826-1900]
Frederic Edwin Church American, 1826 - 1900
Thomas
Cole English/American Hudson River School Painter, 1801-1848
Thomas Cole American, 1801 - 1848
White Mountain Art and Artists: Thomas Cole
Cedar Grove: The Thomas Cole National Historic Site
John
Trumbull [American Painter, 1756-1843]
John Trumbull American, 1756 - 1843
Benjamin West [American Neoclassical Painter, 1738-1820]
Benjamin
West, American, 1738 - 1820
Campfire
Stories with George Caitlin
George
Caitlin and His Indian Gallery
The Museum of Fine Arts: Houston
National
Gallery of Art: George Caitlin
Use of Information
1. A presentation which focuses more on the aesthetic effect that
the artist had on you and his/her times rather than biographical information.
2. Your present should last a minimum of ten minutes.
3. You are required to produce a poster with a wide range of possibilities as subject matter (besides which, we need to redecorate
the room).4. Groups will consist of three individuals.
5. N.B. All project dates to be announced in class.
Synthesis
Final Presentation
Credit sources
(For tips for citing sources see Works Cited Format)
Finished assignment fulfills task.
- Information found matches information needed?
- How well did my presentation turn out?
- Did I present in the required amount of time?
- Poster prepared with required information.
- Sources are credited.
- Was I happy with my process of finding and using information?
- Work is complete and includes name and date.
- Work is handed in on time.
- How would I do a similar project in the future?
The Red Cross Knight,
by John Singleton Copley, 1793
Gilbert
Stuart
