At the end of the hour, the art teacher gives a short synopsis of the work and the artist. The librarian also points out various art books in the library collection. Art teacher gives an overview on the artist, Piet Mondrian. Math teachers show a video on the Golden Ratio and adapt a lesson retrieved from a Math web site on exploring the Golden Ratio in one of Mondrian s paintings. A PowerPoint slide show of local buildings around Jefferson is given demonstrating all three styles.
Students then draw an architectural style out a hat.
Five students have Classical, five have Gothic, and five have Modern. Day 2 and Day 3 are the same instruction days for teachers. Library Media Specialist gives lesson on how to enter search terms particular to a group s architecture style when using a general search engine. Each student finds a picture on the Internet representing the group s style. This image is saved into the student s artmath digital portfolio on the network.