AP Art History Lesson Plan

Lecturer: Qinli Wu
Course framework:
• AP Art History Course and Exam Content
• Required Course Content
Course materials:
• College Board released FRQs and MCQs
• Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
• Art History by Marilyn Stokstad
• Smarthistory
• SMS Art History Unit Summaries
Course plan:
Lecture Content
Session 1 The Basics of Art History
Session 2 Unit 1, Part I, Prehistoric and African Art
Session 3 Unit 1, Part II, Oceanian Art
Tutoring 1 Unit 1 Reviews and Practice
Session 4 Unit 2, Part I, Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt
Session 5 Unit 2, Part II, Ancient Greece
Tutoring 2 Unit 2 Reviews and Practice
Session 6 Unit 3, Part I, Etruscan and Roman
Session 7 Unit 3, Part II, Late Antiquity and Byzantine
Tutoring 3 Unit 3 Reviews and Practice
Session 8 Unit 4, Part I, Islamic Art
Session 9 Unit 4, Part II, Medieval Europe
Tutoring 4 Unit 4 Reviews and Practice
Session 10 Unit 5, Part I, South and Southeast Asia
Session 11 Unit 5, Part II, East Asia
Tutoring 5 Unit 5 Reviews and Practice
Session 12 Unit 6, Part I, Early Renaissance
Session 13 Unit 6, Part II, High Renaissance and Mannerism
Tutoring 6 Unit 6 Reviews and Practice
Session 14 Unit 7, Part I, Indigenous and Colonial Latin America
Session 15 Unit 7, Part II, Indigenous North America
Tutoring 7 Unit 7 Reviews and Practice
Session 16 Unit 8, Part I, Baroque and Rococo
Session 17 Unit 8, Part II, Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Session 18 Unit 8, Part III, and Unit 9, Part I, Realism and Photography
Tutoring 8 Unit 8 Reviews and Practice
Session 19 Unit 9, Part II, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Session 20 Unit 9, Part III, Modernism (I)
 Session 21 Unit 9, Part III, Modernism (II)
Tutoring 9 Unit 9 Reviews and Practice
Session 22 Unit 10, Contemporary Art
Tutoring and session duration: 1 hour to 1.5 hours, depending on content length and depth
Tutoring and session frequency: 1~2 lectures per week, depending on conditions
Course duration: 11~22 weeks, depending on tutoring and session frequency
Suggestion for students:
• All sessions are recommended for students not taking the school’s AP course.
• Tutoring sessions are highly recommended for students taking the AP exam.