Lesson Plans

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.

130 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