How I Would Ideally Like to Organize A Sort of Curriculum

I don't really know how to title this entry. I mean my ideas aren't based on anything formal or studied. They're based on my experience and what I've seen happening in the NYS school system and on my field work. My idea comes from my love of art and my interest in art history.
To backtrack a little bit into my college career, before I was an art education major, I was in the elementary education program. While in that course of study I was a concentration of art history. That was my failed attempt to try and obtain a degree in teaching while staying attached to the arts without switching my major which would result in more time in school. Obviously that flopped and here I am taking an extra year and a half at my undergrad.
Now fast forward, in my classroom when I am an established teacher, one of the things that I want to be part of my curriculum is art history. i would actually like to run a class where 1 of the days of the week is focused primarily on art history. I would want to focus on a different art movement every month or two and have students skim the surface of the meaning behind it and touch with the most noted artists of that time. With each grade there are endless possibilities and they are relatively easily approached. I feel like this would not only invite inspiration into a studio class setting, but it would answer to these major assessment things we've got going on here. There ya go, hard facts mixed with the learning that can occur only through creativity and exploration. How does this not seem like a good idea?