For AP Studio Art, you still have plenty of freedom. Students have to
create a portfolio based on a concept (such as time, or Japan, or some
subject they find interesting enough to focus on for a whole year.)
THey then have to crank out an enormous volume of art showcasing a
wide variety of artistic skills in a portfolio that you send in.
Here's the kicker -- the slides that you send in aren't projected onto
a wall -- they're placed on lightboxes in a great big room (like a
high school gymnasium) and the judges view the slide sheets for a very
brief time before they make their decision about how many points to
assign (I'm getting this info from an actual judge, herself.) So you
really have to have good, high-contrast slides that look good small.
You also have to send in 5 actual art pieces.
For AP Art History, you have to cover such a huge volume of historical
info that you really don't have the freedom to dwell on artistic
movements or periods, so I think that's kind of a bummer. But you
design your own curriculum in all AP courses, so you can present the
info any way you want.
Becky
Charleston WV
On Jan 9, 2008 8:46 PM, MWhite <> wrote:
> I've heard a lot about AP classes and how stringent the requirements
> are. How much autonomy does the teacher have in designing the curric?
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> Maggie
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