Lesson Plan

Session Title: Architectural History Timeline

Performance Objective: Outline the major historical architectural developments or events over the history of humankind.

Specific Objectives: • The student will define various terms associated with architectural history and style • The student will demonstrate proper internet research procedures including advanced research tools • The student will create a graphic organizer - timeline of architecture • The student will identify construction inventions • The student will familiarize themselves with various historical structures, styles, and architects

Context: Architecture is all around us. As an introduction for students in the Principles of Architecture and Construction, a general overview of the history of architecture is provided to reinforce what architecture is, how it applies to humankind over the history of the world, and how architecture is intertwined with humanity through our lives. Identifying the construction inventions and innovations that have helped humankind adapt their world to suit their needs is critical for students that are interested in the Principles of Architecture and Construction. This lesson provides the students with numerous dated buildings and structures that have had a profound effect on our world from an architectural standpoint. Students will produce a graphic organizer that is in the form of a time line.

Challenge: Each student will create a landscape-formatted poster that displays a time line of architecture. They must use a minimum of (20) dates, from found on http://www.greatbuildings.com/types.html website under World Architecture Time Periods. On the poster, they must display a minimum of (10) original illustrations of architecture. These illustrations must include at least three distinctly different colors. The format of the time line must begin at B.C, and end with a building or structure that was completed/built in 2012. The (20) buildings/structures must be in chronological order. The different eras along the time line must be labeled correctly as B.C., 0-699, 700-1199, 1200’S, 1300’S, 1400’S, 1500’S, 1600’S, 1700’S, 1800’S, 1900’S, 1900-1949, 1950-1979, 1980- PRESENT, and the (20) developments must include at least one item from each of these. The overall finished poster must be eye catching and easy to read. The poster must include, centered at the top of the poster, the words “ARCHITECTURAL TIME LINE”. The NAME, CLASS, and PERIOD must be located in the bottom right hand corner of the poster.

Materials: 1 – Poster size paper various pens, markers and other writing instruments Time line handout Written notes from teacher’s lecture, which include constraints

Expectations for the Architectural TIMELINE activity: CONSTRAINTS: Your time line MUST include the following: 1. Twenty dates and buildings/structures (minimum) 2. Ten original illustrations minimum (not photographs, not clippings and not art by someone other than yourself) 3. Three colors minimum used to produce the illustrations (excluding black) Lesson Plan

Session Title: Architectural History Timeline 4. Time line MUST start with B.C. and end with a 2013 building/structure (bldg under construction or to be completed in 2013) . 5. The time line MUST be properly labeled by the different sections of: B.C., 0-699, 700-1199, 1200’S, 1300’S, 1400’S, 1500’S, 1600’S, 1700’S, 1800’S, 1900’S, 1900-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-PRESENT 6. Timeline MUST include name of architect, location of building, name of building, date, style of building, type of building, construction innovation/invention 7. Time line MUST be eye catching and easy to read . 8. The time line must have the title centered “Architectural Timeline”. 9. The time line MUST have NAME, CLASS, and PERIOD located in the BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. 10. All items transferred to the time line poster.

TIME LINE PROCEDURE: 1. List at least the minimum of 20 buildings/structures, name of architect, location of building, name of building, date, style of building, type of building, construction innovation/invention, and their dates chronological order on a separate piece of paper. 2. Label and organize these developments by the eras of B.C., 0-699, 700-1199, 1200’S, 1300’S, 1400’S, 1500’S, 1600’S, 1700’S, 1800’S, 1900’S, 1900-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-PRESENT 3. Transfer the heading title, chronological list of dates, era labels, and developments to the time line poster. 4. Complete at least 10 color illustrations. 5. Place your name, date and period in the bottom right hand corner of your time line. 6. Submit time line to teacher for grading.

Assessment: Total available point scale from Timeline Rubric: A = 100 – 90 points B = 89 – 80 points C = 79 – 70 points D = 69 – 60 points F = 59 points or lower