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Explore the unique characteristics of the Prairie style while creating a large-scale cardboard model.
0 minutes
3-5
Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look
Math / Social Studies / Visual Arts
Research and explore how Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative materials and technologies “broke the box” of traditional architecture.
0 minutes
3-5 / 6-8
Explore
Science / Visual Arts
Examine the budget for a 1907 Wright home, convert the costs into today’s currency, and create new budgets for your own home designs.
45 minutes
6-8
Explore / Interpret
Math / Media Literacy / Visual Arts
Push the boundaries of architecture by creating an innovative design and building a 3-D model to scale.
0 minutes
3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12
Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look
Math / Science / Visual Arts
Explore the distinct characteristics of Wright’s Usonian homes as well as the Usonian Automatics. Then, design and construct a Usonian-inspired building using modular blocks.
100 minutes
6-8 / 9-12
Build / Design / Interpret / Look
Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts
Examine how architects and designers around the world are influenced by natural elements like the Sun.
60 minutes
6-8
Interpret / Look
Social Studies / 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
Learn how Wright included the sun in his designs through natural light and passive solar heating. Create sun prints using natural materials.
Child Of The Sun: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Use of the Sun in Architecture to Inspire Sun Prints
View Lesson130 minutes
3-5 / 6-8
Design / Interpret / Look
Science / Visual Arts
Investigate the collaborative works of Wright & Niedecken and design unique furniture pieces.
0 minutes
6-8 / 9-12
Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look
Science / Visual Arts
Create blind contour drawings of Robie House art glass windows and integrate your own reflections of the natural world into a larger design.
20 minutes
6-8 / 9-12
Design / Look
Science / Visual Arts
Young learners identify shapes in architecture and recreate famous buildings through collage with geometric shapes.
100 minutes
3-5 / K-2
Build / Design / Interpret
Math / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts
Learn the history of Kindergarten and create a unique piece of art inspired by the geometric shapes of Froebel’s Gifts.
90 minutes
3-5 / 6-8
Design / Look
Social Studies / Visual Arts