A rchitecture is one of the most effective and available tools we have to teach across the disciplines and at every grade and capability level. Buildings have much to tell us about lifestyle, culture, religion, construction methods, ethnic origins, economy, technology, needs and concerns.
Buildings are very accessible historic artifacts that directly link the past and the present.
Whether your community has log cabins, ornate mansions, farm houses, barns, and other outbuildings, mill worker cottages, commercial buildings, factories, places of worship, or combinations of many types, you can learn more about the story of your place and its people from the buildings. You may even find twins or triplets or a whole street of similar subjects. Each has a different history, reason for being, and purpose. Some come from very affluent circumstances, others come from economically deprived backgrounds. Some are the products of education, others the school of common sense.