Learning Goals Research the architectural history of a building and classify it by architectural style and historical period. Write a description of the building's history and architectural style and coordinate it with a slide presentation on the building. Research your school building before doing this lesson, and get a color transparency of the building you can show in class. Project the slide of your school building and ask students what the architectural style and composition of the building tell them about it. Point out to students that every building tells a story about itself.
People just have to know how to read it.
Web Work 1. Have students open this Web site for information on architecture and architectural history. Ask students to click on Architectural History to access a list of architectural history sites. Let students surf the Web sites listed to get an idea of how the history of buildings and landscapes is researched and written. Allow each student to pick a building or neighborhood in town for his or her report.