Art History Independent Study

Syllabus

ART HISTORY INDEPENDENT STUDY SYLLABUS

First Nine Weeks

Topic Exploration

Preliminary Research

MLA Style (Purdue OWL)

1. Our 1st assignment: write two full double-spaced pages about your topic ideas so far. Don’t worry if you are all over the place at this point! We will spend the first six weeks narrowing and focusing our topics. (Writing about topic ideas due by Wednesday, August 26).

2. Our 2nd assignment is to find 5-10 articles and make a working bibliography. You will need to use Ebsco or Gale Databases through the WHS library site (login: westlake; password: library) or Google Scholar, not just Google for sources! (Working bibliography of 5-10 sources due by Wednesday, September 16).

Second Nine Weeks

Research at UT, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian

Create your overall plan

Write and revise Chapter 1 (each chapter is 15-20 pages in length)

Third Nine Weeks

Library Writing Day

Write and revise Chapter 2

Write and revise Chapter 3

Fourth Nine Weeks

Library Writing Day

Write and revise Chapter 4

Plan Final Presentations for Final Exam Week

Grades: 30% Daily Preliminary Work, Weekly Check-ins on Progress

70% Major Chapters and Final Presentation

Here is the Google Classroom Code: yonovtd

Class Calendar

Google Classroom

Westlake High School utilizes the Google Classroom platform to share classroom resources, many assignments, and assessment preparation materials to students. WHS students will receive a classroom code to access these materials, submit assignments, and track any missing work.