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Fine Arts

  • Description: Advanced Placement  Drawing is designed for students with a professional or academic interest in the art of drawing. These courses focus on a variety of concepts and approaches in drawing, enabling students to demonstrate a depth of knowledge of the processes, and a range of abilities, and versatility with media, technique, problem solving, and scope. They can demonstrate such conceptual variety through either the use of one or the use of several media.These courses enable students to refine their skills and create artistic works to submit via portfolio to the College Board for evaluation. 

    Materials:

    • See teacher syllabus

    AP Courses and Exams

  • Description: Learn to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music. You’ll develop skills by listening to, reading, writing, and performing a wide variety of music.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    AP Courses and Exams

  • Description: For Instrumental Music 9-12, the major work of the discipline falls within the Perform domain. Concepts covered in the Create, Connect, and Respond domains are accessible only after students are thoroughly versed in the fundamental skills necessary to perform on an instrument. Standards are specifically adapted towards the artistic processes by which people make music: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. The foundations within each artistic process propose an intended sequence of scaffolding skill levels as a means of developing students’ competency. Focus on concert band.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: The incorporation of dance into public school education offers many of the necessary life skills that will help students to be productive and successful citizens in society, in addition to preparing students for paths of dance at the  collegiate or possible career level.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: A course geared towards recreational music and students respond and connect.

    Materials: 

    • Music: It’s Role and Importance in our Lives Digital Bundle; McGraw Hill/Glencoe

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: For Instrumental Music 9-12, the major work of the discipline falls within the Perform domain. Concepts covered in the Create, Connect, and Respond domains are accessible only after students are thoroughly versed in the fundamental skills necessary to perform on an instrument. Standards are specifically adapted towards the artistic processes by which people make music: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. The foundations within each artistic process propose an intended sequence of scaffolding skill levels as a means of developing students’ competency. Focus on marching band.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Understanding and analyzing the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in the production and use of visual materials.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Perform, create, respond, and create utilizing the Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts Education in Theater.

    Materials: 

    • Glencoe Theater I: Art in Action; McGraw Hill/ Glencoe

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Perform, create, respond, and create utilizing the Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts Education in Theater. Advanced study of Theater Arts I.

    Materials: 

    • Glencoe Theater I: Art in Action; McGraw Hill/ Glencoe

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Perform, create, respond, and create utilizing the Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts Education in Theater. Advanced study of Theater Arts II.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Perform, create, respond, and create utilizing the Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts Education in Theater. Advanced study of Theater Arts III.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Development of artistically literate citizens, preparing students not only for college and career, but also for a lifetime enhanced by and with the arts. Students at the HS 1 level have developed the foundational technical and expressive skills and understandings in visual arts necessary to solve assigned problems or prepare assigned repertoire for presentation; make appropriate choices with some support; and, may be prepared for active engagement in their community. They understand visual arts to be an important form of personal realization and well-being and make connections between visual arts, history, culture, and other learning.

    Materials: 

    • Gardner’s Art through the Ages; Cengage

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Development of artistically literate citizens, preparing students not only for college and career, but also for a lifetime enhanced by and with the arts. Students at the HS 2 level are, with minimal assistance, able to identify or solve visual arts problems based on their interests or for a particular purpose; conduct research to inform artistic decisions; and, create and refine visual arts productions that demonstrate technical proficiency, personal communication, and expression. They use visual arts for personal realization and well-being and have the necessary skills for and interest in participation in visual arts beyond the school environment.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Development of artistically literate citizens, preparing students not only for college and career, but also for a lifetime enhanced by and with the arts. Students at HS 3 level independently identify challenging visual arts problems based on their interests or for specific purposes and bring creativity and insight to finding artistic solutions. They are facile in using at least one art form as an effective avenue for personal communication, demonstrating a higher level of technical and expressive proficiency characteristic of honors or college-level work. They exploit their personal strengths and apply strategies to overcome personal challenges as visual arts learners. They are capable of taking a leadership role in arts activities within and beyond the school environment.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: Development of artistically literate citizens, preparing students not only for college and career, but also for a lifetime enhanced by and with the arts. Advanced study of Visual Arts III.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: For Vocal Music 9-12, the major work of the discipline falls within the Perform domain. Concepts covered in the Create, Connect, and Respond domains are accessible only after students are thoroughly versed in the fundamental skills necessary to perform. Standards are specifically adapted towards the artistic processes by which people make music: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. The foundations within each artistic process propose an intended sequence of scaffolding skill levels as a means of developing students’ competency.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: For Vocal Music 9-12, the major work of the discipline falls within the Perform domain. Concepts covered in the Create, Connect, and Respond domains are accessible only after students are thoroughly versed in the fundamental skills necessary to perform. Standards are specifically adapted towards the artistic processes by which people make music: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. The foundations within each artistic process propose an intended sequence of scaffolding skill levels as a means of developing students’ competency. Advanced study of Music I.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts

  • Description: For Vocal Music 9-12, the major work of the discipline falls within the Perform domain. Concepts covered in the Create, Connect, and Respond domains are accessible only after students are thoroughly versed in the fundamental skills necessary to perform. Standards are specifically adapted towards the artistic processes by which people make music: Performing, Creating, Responding, and Connecting. The foundations within each artistic process propose an intended sequence of scaffolding skill levels as a means of developing students’ competency. Advanced study of Music II.

    Materials: 

    • See teacher syllabus.

    Tennessee Academic Standards for Fine Arts