Would this be too weak for a 1/2 art credit?

[Heather in VA]

I'm trying to curb costs a little and I'd like to have art something I can use with more than just my high schooler. Everything I find that seems in-depth would be hugely dull for my younger one. I'd like the focus to be more on the great artists and less on art technique. So I was wondering if I could use the highest level (ages 10 - adult) of Meet the Masters. I could use it for both of my older girls (5th and 9th grade) and then require a paper on the artist from my high schooler. Is that too weak? Sometimes I wonder why I bother to worry about 'too weak' when I hear things like 'our PE final was going bowling' from my daughter's high school friends, but I do want to be reasonable.

Thoughts?

Heather

[love2read]

Can you borrow art history DVDs from your library to beef it up? What about borrowing Jenkin's "A History of Art" for a little more background. Most public libraries have many good art history books.

[Linda in NM]

I go by Carnegie units--so, if 150 hours (or 180, depending on your interpretation) equals one CU, then 90 hours equals 1/2 CU...so, if you "do art" for a couple of hours a week using Meet the Masters (beefed up a little with some external source or Internet research), sounds like you'd have enough...

[unsinkable]

I go by Carnegie units--so, if 150 hours (or 180, depending on your interpretation) equals one CU, then 90 hours equals 1/2 CU...so, if you "do art" for a couple of hours a week using Meet the Masters (beefed up a little with some external source or Internet research), sounds like you'd have enough...

Hey Linda!

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How are you doing & how's hockey?!

My son is a goalie, too.

[Laurel-in-CA]

The National Gallery of Art offers free loaner DVDs on various artists. Check them out and see what they have that you might be interested in (19th c. american, impressionists, etc.).

[home2333]

You might see if your local library has one of the Teaching Company courses in art history. The library could probably get it for you if they don't have it. Watching the lectures and viewing the art work on DVD would add a lot to your course.


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