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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:58 pm
Woot! Finally a college class that I am excited about! World culture and the arts! I was reading over the course syllabus and it looks very neat! We are starting off with Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilization! Sweetness!
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:45 am
I always loved those classes, although they tend to focus on western events almost exclusively, only going to the east if westerners went to the east such as with Marco Polo, etc. That always bugged me. But that was in DC high schools also.
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:44 am
sounds nice, wish I could attend....
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:30 am
Ooh! That sounds like an exciting class. I love learning about cultures and stuff from all over the world, both ancient and modern cultures.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:40 am
Week One: Humanities and the Arts
• Analyze the relationship between culture and art.
• Explain how works of art reflect human values and belief systems.
Week Two: Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian Societies
• Analyze the social role of the arts in prehistoric and Mesopotamian civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in prehistoric and Mesopotamian civilizations.
• Analyze the social role of the arts in Egyptian societies.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in Egyptian societies.
Week Three: Classical Societies
• Analyze the social role of the arts in Classical Greek and Hellenistic civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in Classical Greek and Hellenistic civilizations.
• Analyze the social role of the arts in Etruscan civilization, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in Etruscan civilization, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
Week Four: Islamic and Indian Civilizations
• Analyze the social role of the arts in Islamic civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in Islamic civilizations.
• Analyze the social role of the arts in Indian civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in Indian civilizations.
Week Five: Early Chinese and Japanese Civilizations
• Analyze the social role of the arts in early Chinese civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in early Chinese civilizations.
• Analyze the social role of the arts in early Japanese civilizations.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in early Japanese civilizations.
Week Six: Middle Ages – Romanesque and Gothic Eras
• Analyze the social role of the arts in the Early Middle Ages.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in the Early Middle Ages.
• Analyze the social role of the arts in the Late Middle Ages.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts in the Late Middle Ages.
Week Seven: Renaissance – Italy and Northern Europe
• Analyze the social role of the arts during the Italian Renaissance.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts during the Italian Renaissance.
• Analyze the social role of the arts during the Northern European Renaissance.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts during the Northern European Renaissance.
Week Eight: Early and Late 20th Century
• Analyze the social role of the arts during the early 20th century.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts during the early 20th century.
• Analyze the social role of the arts during the late 20th century.
• Describe the key contributions of the arts during the late 20th century.
Week Nine: Role of the Arts in Society
• Trace the development of different art forms within civilizations. This is the syllabus so we're focusing on Eastern civilizations. I am really excited to get my book. redface I didn't kow we needed one so I have to do the first week with educational quesses... I think I did well with my first assignment though.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:53 pm
I remember there was one time in one of the classes I had where they actually had practitioners of different religions come in and talk about what it was they do as practitioners, about religious customs in their country, and just general info. No way I think they'd be able to get away with it in Texas where I live now (I'm from the Washington DC metro), but it was really neat having that experience. I've always been fascinated with other cultures because of it. (Not to mention we'd have like global community things in my schools where you could have food from different countries, hear music and learn different dances, etc. We had such a mixing pot of people where I grew up that racism really never was an option.)
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:35 pm
Lateralus es Helica I remember there was one time in one of the classes I had where they actually had practitioners of different religions come in and talk about what it was they do as practitioners, about religious customs in their country, and just general info. No way I think they'd be able to get away with it in Texas where I live now (I'm from the Washington DC metro), but it was really neat having that experience. I've always been fascinated with other cultures because of it. (Not to mention we'd have like global community things in my schools where you could have food from different countries, hear music and learn different dances, etc. We had such a mixing pot of people where I grew up that racism really never was an option.)
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:40 pm
Aakosir Lateralus es Helica I remember there was one time in one of the classes I had where they actually had practitioners of different religions come in and talk about what it was they do as practitioners, about religious customs in their country, and just general info. No way I think they'd be able to get away with it in Texas where I live now (I'm from the Washington DC metro), but it was really neat having that experience. I've always been fascinated with other cultures because of it. (Not to mention we'd have like global community things in my schools where you could have food from different countries, hear music and learn different dances, etc. We had such a mixing pot of people where I grew up that racism really never was an option.) You weren't too far from where I grew up then. I'm from the VA side of the DC metroplex. : ) I was in either Falls Church or Woodbridge. Yeah the language classes were the biggest ones about introducing the cultures where the languages came from although the World Cultural classes did it too. (I'm pretty sure they were more AP classes, but still.) Although my Latin class cracked me up. I swear the first sentence I ever learned in Latin was "The slave girl pleased the Master." followed by "The Master pleased the slave girl."
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:36 pm
I'm jealous, honestly. My high school doesn't offer anything like that (doesn't help I go to a catholic school) but still!
I just love looking at other cultures and what they believe and stuff like that.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:42 pm
That does sound pretty awesome.
The closest I've had to that was World History, where "world" meant including Asia into the cirriculum.
No africa, no middle east.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:03 pm
Lateralus es Helica Aakosir Lateralus es Helica I remember there was one time in one of the classes I had where they actually had practitioners of different religions come in and talk about what it was they do as practitioners, about religious customs in their country, and just general info. No way I think they'd be able to get away with it in Texas where I live now (I'm from the Washington DC metro), but it was really neat having that experience. I've always been fascinated with other cultures because of it. (Not to mention we'd have like global community things in my schools where you could have food from different countries, hear music and learn different dances, etc. We had such a mixing pot of people where I grew up that racism really never was an option.) You weren't too far from where I grew up then. I'm from the VA side of the DC metroplex. : ) I was in either Falls Church or Woodbridge. Yeah the language classes were the biggest ones about introducing the cultures where the languages came from although the World Cultural classes did it too. (I'm pretty sure they were more AP classes, but still.) Although my Latin class cracked me up. I swear the first sentence I ever learned in Latin was "The slave girl pleased the Master." followed by "The Master pleased the slave girl."
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:05 pm
Mystic Requiem
I'm jealous, honestly. My high school doesn't offer anything like that (doesn't help I go to a catholic school) but still!
I just love looking at other cultures and what they believe and stuff like that.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:22 pm
Aakosir Lateralus es Helica Aakosir Lateralus es Helica I remember there was one time in one of the classes I had where they actually had practitioners of different religions come in and talk about what it was they do as practitioners, about religious customs in their country, and just general info. No way I think they'd be able to get away with it in Texas where I live now (I'm from the Washington DC metro), but it was really neat having that experience. I've always been fascinated with other cultures because of it. (Not to mention we'd have like global community things in my schools where you could have food from different countries, hear music and learn different dances, etc. We had such a mixing pot of people where I grew up that racism really never was an option.) You weren't too far from where I grew up then. I'm from the VA side of the DC metroplex. : ) I was in either Falls Church or Woodbridge. Yeah the language classes were the biggest ones about introducing the cultures where the languages came from although the World Cultural classes did it too. (I'm pretty sure they were more AP classes, but still.) Although my Latin class cracked me up. I swear the first sentence I ever learned in Latin was "The slave girl pleased the Master." followed by "The Master pleased the slave girl." Could be. Yeah I never really learned how to speak Latin, it was all primarily reading and translating. My teacher really didn't see the point in teaching us to speak a language that is rarely spoken, mostly read when in use.
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