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windows and doors they must include reproductions or part of reproductions
of one of their favorite artists (See
Picasso Detail). They are about 24 -36" in size (18" x
24" paper could be used if you don't have the large size). The boys
seem to enjoy the architectural drawings and the girls the windows. They
glue them on two pieces of construction paper. One as a one inch frame
outline and the other as the mounting back paper. I love it when there are
about 40 of them on the walls of the middle school gallery. It is quite a
show. I also have them display their report with rendered drawing. See
building closeup details.
Submitted by Marianne
Galyk - formerly Ridgemont Elementary,
Mt. Victory, Ohio
Lesson: Victorian Splendor - Watercolor paintings
Grade level: upper elementary - thru middle school
These two have larger images.
Marianne is moving on to Ridgemont
High School, Ridgeway, Ohio. She has this to say about her elementary
architecture lesson. I did a lesson
last year with fifth grade that turned out well involving Victorian
architecture. We talked about houses in nearby towns (the county seat
and the adjoining county seats - we live in a very rural area) where most
had all seen these large ornate houses. I also made a handout for them
to use showing some different basic architectural elements (arches,
dormers, bay windows, gables, etc.) using the Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary (http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html)
as a resource. This was enough to get them started. We first drew in
pencil the basic shapes, and then went over those and added details
(shingles, siding, etc.) with Sharpie markers. After that, they water colored
if time permitted. I told them it was not unusual for the Victorians to
use bright combinations in their color schemes. Some of the boys took on
a more medieval castle theme, but that was okay, too.
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