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Lesson Plans
Art History
by Marilyn Stokstad
©1999 Harry N. Abrams/Prentice Hall
The purpose of the following Focus Lessons for Art History is to assist you in planning your daily lessons by highlighting important ideas and concepts in each chapter as well as in the relevant sections in the program's ancillaries. The Focus Lessons, written by an experienced AP* teacher and a curriculum developer and test prep author, suggest strategies for assessing how well your students understand the important points in each chapter and also provide test-taking tips that will help your students prepare for and take the AP* Art History test successfully.
Chapter Focus Lessons
by Eric Wolarsky
The Hun School
Princeton, New Jersey
| Focus Lesson 1: | Chapter 1: "Prehistory and Prehistoric Art in Europe" |
| Focus Lesson 2: | Chapter 2: "Art of the Ancient Near East" |
| Focus Lesson 3: | Chapter 3: "Art of Ancient Egypt" |
| Focus Lesson 4: | Chapter 4: "Aegean Art" |
| Focus Lesson 5: | Chapter 5: "Art of Ancient Greece" |
| Focus Lesson 6: | Chapter 6: "Etruscan Art and Roman Art" |
| Focus Lesson 7: | Chapter 7: "Early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine Art" |
| Focus Lesson 8: | Chapter 14: "Early Medieval Art in Europe" |
| Focus Lesson 9: | Chapter 15: Romanesque Art" |
| Focus Lesson 10: | Chapter 16: "Gothic Art" |
| Focus Lesson 11: | Chapter 17: "Early Renaissance Art in Europe" |
| Focus Lesson 12: | Chapter 18: "Renaissance Art in Sixteenth-Century Europe" |
| Focus Lesson 13: | Chapter 19: "Baroque, Rococo, and Early American Art" |
| Focus Lesson 14: | Chapter 26: "Neoclassicism and Romanticism in Europe and the United States" |
| Focus Lesson 15: | Chapter 27: "Realism and Impressionism in Europe and the United States" |
| Focus Lesson 16: | Chapter 28: "The Rise of Modernism in Europe and the United States" |
| Focus Lesson 17: | Chapter 29: "Art in the United States and Europe Since World War II" |
The following six lessons refer to those chapters in Art History that deal with non-European art. This is just one suggested sequence of lessons and time allocation. How a teacher treats this material will depend on the focus of the course. Since 1998, non-European art has been included in a more substantive way than in the past. Students should check the College Board Web site each year for the topics of the essay question that will require the use of examples drawn from non-European art.
| Focus Lesson 18: | Chapter 8: "Islamic Art" |
| Focus Lesson 19: | Chapter 11: "Japanese Art Before 1392" Chapter 22: "Japanese Art After 1392" |
| Focus Lesson 20: | Chapter 10: "Chinese Art Before 1280" Chapter 21: "Chinese Art After 1280" |
| Focus Lesson 21: | Chapter 12: "Art of the Americas Before 1300" Chapter 23: "Art of the Americas After 1300" |
| Focus Lesson 22: | Chapter 13: "Art of Ancient Africa" Chapter 25: "Art of Africa in the Modern Era" |
| Focus Lesson 23: | Chapter 24: "Art of Pacific Cultures" |