Lesson Plans

Learn how stained glass is made and create your own art glass-inspired collage with a personal message about your values and personal passions.

90 minutes

3-5

Design / Interpret / Look

Language Arts / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Research the Great Chicago Fire and Iroquois Theater Fire and design your own fireproof home or space for the future.

120 minutes

6-8 / 9-12

Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Media Literacy / Social Studies / Visual Arts

Think big and work together to create an original art glass-inspired design on the gymnasium floor at your school.

90 minutes

3-5 / 6-8

Design / Explore / Look

Physical Education / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Analyze the geometry in Wright’s stained glass. Use tracing paper to create Wright-inspired window designs.

180 minutes

3-5

Design / Look

Social Studies / Visual Arts

Design your own “unplugged” playroom inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and the legacy of Friedrich Froebel, the inventor of kindergarten.

150 minutes

3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12

Build / Design / Explore / Look

Math / Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Explore what it means to be a part of a community and create your own city plans inspired by the Wright designed Rosenwald School and Broadacre City.

100 minutes

9-12

Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Language Arts / Media Literacy / Social Studies / Visual Arts

Learn how Wright included the sun in his designs through natural light and passive solar heating. Create sun prints using natural materials.

130 minutes

3-5 / 6-8

Design / Interpret / Look

Science / Visual Arts

Identify causes and effects in Wright’s life using Rosenstock and Neal’s Prairie Boy. Sketch a design for a unique home.

60 minutes

3-5 / K-2

Design / Interpret / Look

Language Arts / Social Studies / Visual Arts

Explore the idea of abstract art in this matching game lesson. Using Frank Lloyd Wright’s work as a springboard, work together to match abstracted works of art to their real-life inspirations.

60 minutes

3-5 / 6-8

Explore / Interpret / Look

Physical Education / Science / Visual Arts

Research praises and criticisms of Wright and evaluate the validity of sources. Use sources to discuss how Wright’s personal reputation affected his professional life.

100 minutes

9-12

Explore / Interpret

Media Literacy / Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning

Model yoga poses to represent shapes, much like the geometric drawings of nature created by Frank Lloyd Wright.

45 minutes

3-5 / 6-8

Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Math / Physical Education / Visual Arts

Learn how Wright integrated cutting-edge technology into his home designs. Create a collage illustrating the use of modern technology in a home.

180 minutes

6-8 / 9-12

Design / Interpret / Look

Science / Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts