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America’s Artistic Legacy, Part One with Carol Reynolds, Ph.D.
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Join us for a journey through American history and culture through music, art, architecture, theater, dance, and literature -- from the Native Americans to the immigrants of Ellis Island and today’s newest immigrants, learn how the arts express the essence of life in America.
Instructor: Carol Reynolds, Ph.D.
Course Description: This two-semester online course will take you on a journey through American history and culture through music, art, architecture, theater, dance, and literature. From the Puritans and Native Americans; through the founders and pioneers; to the immigrants of Ellis Island and today’s newest immigrants, Americans have used music, paintings, poetry, dance and architecture to express the essence of life in America.
This course features dozens of colorful video sequences filmed by Professor Carol on location across the country. It also includes commentary and instruction by many specialists, historians, museum directors, musical performers, artists, craftsmen, and specialists in the American religious experience. Each of the 24-course modules (over two semesters) includes approximately 1 hour of video instruction with extensive materials for additional instruction and exploration. The course spans the period from Native Americans and the earliest European Settlers through Jazz and Broadway.
First, “attend” (watch) the formal video class lecture (one hour long) for each unit/module as your first step. Think of this as "Going to Class."
Complete the Assignment for that unit. Keep a notebook with terms, dates, personages, and principle ideas taken from each unit's formal recorded video lectures and from the corresponding assignment.
At some time before, after, or during your work on each unit's assignment, you will watch the pre-recorded HSC week live class.
Biweekly Quiz: Before moving further, take the quiz which covers two units (for example, the quiz for Units 1-2 should be taken before watching the video class lecture, doing assignments, or watching the pre-recorded HSC live session for Unit 3.)
Allow sufficient time for study and engagement per week: the video lecture for each unit (c. 1 hour's worth of material) plus 2-4 hours for assignments, as well as the pre-recorded HSC weekly live session.
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America’s Artistic Legacy, Part One with Carol Reynolds, Ph.D.
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Carol Reynolds
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History ➤ American History
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High School, Middle School
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September 14th, 2020 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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- Upon completion of the course, you must delete all copies of course materials from any storage on which you saved permissible extracts.
Special notes
This is Part One of a 2-part course.
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None
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Outline
Unit 1 - America Is Not Europe: Our Unique Heritage
Unit 2 - Our Puritan Heritage
Unit 3 - The Moravians
Unit 4 - Spanish Influences on Native America
Unit 5 - New France
Unit 6 - The Arts and Science of Philadelphia
Unit 7 - The Roots of American Hymnody
Unit 8 - Music in Chains
Unit 9 - Uniquely American: The Minstrel Show
Unit 10 - American Arts and Culture of the Mid 19th Century
Unit 11 - Our Kaleidoscopic 19th Century
Unit 12 - Tragedy, Adventure, and the Grand March
Materials
The formal materials for this course are found strictly on within Dr. Reynolds' website. Students of America’s Artistic Legacy must be registered on that site to have access to the lectures (one hour each) for each unit as well as the assignments, lists of terms, quizzes, etc.
In addition, a pre-recorded (live with HSC students) one-hour session is listed for each week's material on the HSC Caravel Course Page/Syllabus
Homework
Unit Course Work:
An answer key is not included with this course.
Carol Reynolds
carol@professorcarol.com
About Carol Reynolds
Carol Reynolds is a musicologist and cultural historian specializing in Russian, East European, and German cultural history. She also works extensively as a Smithsonian Expert, leading travelers through Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Slovenia.
After a long career as a professor of music history at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Carol and her husband Hank bought a ranch in North Central Texas and began raising goats. Simultaneously, they became fascinated by homeschooling as well as the renewal of Classical Education.
Together, they began designing curricula at the secondary level to teach history through the lens of the Fine Arts. Their signature course "Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Arts, History, and Culture" is used widely and was followed by "Exploring America's Musical Heritage," "America’s Artistic Legacy," "Imperial Russia, and "Early Sacred Music."
Next, they began developing programs for younger children and adult lovers of learning, including regular webinars on art and strategies for teaching history and the arts, opera workshops for those new to opera, and "boot camps" that introduce classic authors and great literary works.
Dr. Reynolds is a regular member of the "Classical Education Unhinged" along with Andrew Kern, Martin Cothran, Christopher Perrin, and Andrew Pudewa. She and her husband now live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which makes them practically neighbors of CiRCE.
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