Here are only a few pictures of the products of that project. Each team was assigned or selected a building in Portland's West End as the subject for its project. Building Trails is an expedition that kids do to learn about buildings in Portland.
Kids learn about buildings.
The exhibit board on display for each building address was, in most cases, a collaborative effort and includes building history, footprint, sketches, and photographs. Sketches were drawn showing the front view of the subject buildings. This step was both fascinating and frustrating. We were often looking at original documents written in beautiful script and students frequently found connections between buildings or land owners. We also often found, however, dead-ends in the trail of ownership, tangled transfers, and unclear references to land or buildings.