Unit 1 Art and Education
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Produce a three-minute group video to introduce one of your university’s arts clubs.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about P Catholic Art Club
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: The Value of Art Education
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: What I Learned from the Drama Club
Classroom Interaction
Unit 2 Art and Great Times in History
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Write a column article about an artwork from an important historical period of China.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about La Marseillaise
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Capturing History on the Silver Screen: The Power of Films to Depict Historical Moments
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: The Yellow River Cantata: A Symbol of Resilience and
Historical Significance
Classroom Interaction
Unit 3 Art and Cultural Exchange
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Prepare a speech to share how Chinese and world arts have incorporated elements from other cultures and have mutual influences.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about how oud to pipa show us the cultural exchange in art
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Exploring the Vibrant Tapestry of Cultural Fusion in Art
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: Experiencing Art at the Intersection of Cultures
Classroom Interaction
Unit 4 Art and Legendary Stories
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Submit tweets, telling a Chinese myth or legend in an artwork and its artistic achievement and influence.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Six Greek Myths You Should Know to Understand Art
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: Don’t Look Back? Orpheus and Eurydice Today
Classroom Interaction
Unit 5 Art and Gender Difference
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Present a Chinese female artist or a female figure’s path to artistic success in your own field of study.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about a female artist Lee Krasner
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: Lee Krasner: Escaping the Shadow of Husband Jackson Pollock
Classroom Interaction
Unit 6 Art and Social Changes
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Write an English introduction for an artwork in an exhibition of significant artworks to celebrate the founding of People’s Republic of China.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about a street artist Banksy
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Use the Arts’ Transformative Power for Social Change
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: The Problem We All Live With
Classroom Interaction
Unit 7 Art and Heroes
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Share video clips and images, along with some short paragraphs to describe an artwork in an online exhibition of Chinese art with the theme “Unveiling Heroic Tales in Chinese Art.”
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about why hero stories matter
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: Ancient and Modern Concepts of Heroism
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: The Heroic Style: Beethoven’s Musical Revolution
Classroom Interaction
Unit 8 Art and Religion
Creating: Project and Objectives
Project: Participate in an online seminar about the mutual influences of art and religion by releasing a video with a written introduction about one artwork or art form, especially one Chinese artwork or art form.
Module 1 Performing and Video Watching
Digital Learning: A video clip about Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling painting
Classroom Interaction
Module 2 Performing and Passage Reading
Digital Learning: The Inseparable Relationship of Art and Religion
Classroom Interaction
Module 3 Responding and Connecting: China Story Telling
Digital Learning: Chan Painting—Chinese Religious Art
Classroom Interaction