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Album Description
Collection of lesson plans from the University of the Arts TPS course The City as a Primary Source. These lesson plans were selected and edited by UArts TPS Coaches.
Pre K - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13+ Art/Music English/Language Arts Social Studies/History studio art geography UArts
Teaching Notes
N. Walton
The City as Primary Source
September 2018
Local history provides rich insight into our daily lives. So often we do not use primary source images, situations, and artifacts in the presence of our students. The practice of teaching using primary sources is the objective of this lesson. In using teaching tools that are first person and immune to interpretation, these tools allow for the students’ own interpretation. The focus using this practice is that students come to their own conclusion through guided practice. In these lessons, we will tour a neighboring city of Philadelphia, learn and use the Library of Congress website as a means of teaching effectively, and reflect and respond to situations which sometimes take place outside of the classroom.
9 - 12 English/Language Arts Social Studies/History digital literacy UArts
Teaching Notes
M. O'Brien
Mondrian City Maps
July 2018
Students will have the opportunity to view and discuss the artwork of Piet Mondrian, as well as primary sources provided by the Library of Congress. These images will inspire the creation of an abstract design using lines, shapes, and the primary colors.
Teaching Notes
Skyscrapers in Cities as a Primary Source
July 27, 2018
This lesson can be utilized by many different teachers in the subject areas of art, STEM, and technology; it is also ideal for a collaboration between art and core content and/or technology teachers. Through the lessons students will learn more about primary and secondary sources, skyscrapers and how they are constructed, scale, drawing 3D items, building and support systems, and about architects and what they do. There will be different focuses in the lesson depending on the subject area and the collaborating teacher’s needs.
6 - 8 Art/Music English/Language Arts Social Studies/History Science Technology STEM STEAM design architecture UArts
Teaching Notes
K. Hanson
Two Point Perspective
July 2018
Students will create a drawing of a unique building using two point perspective.
Teaching Notes
T. Fussaro
Neighborhood Architecture
July 2018
Neighborhood architecture: Our neighborhoods, especially in Philadelphia, have gorgeous details we often overlook in our daily lives. These lessons are an opportunity to look more closely, explore, consider, and dream about the future. These lessons focus on noticing details, describing, considering how architecture has changed, as well as how we might like it to change. The final product is creating and writing a description of a new space for the neighborhood.
3 - 5 6 - 8 Art/Music English/Language Arts Social Studies/History UArts
Teaching Notes
Architecture Walk: Comparing Architecture from the Library of Congress and AP Art History Curriculum Set to Local Architecture
July 2018
Using images from the Library of Congress that reference AP Art History course content, students will observe, analyze and compare local architecture they see during a walk or “virtual” walk. Students will observe images from LOC prior to talking the walk, then photograph and draw buildings in which they find similar architectural features during their walk. Students will follow up by comparing their drawings to the LOC images and creating a written response.
Teaching Notes
Changes in the Hunting Park/Kensington Neighborhood from 1777-1982
July 27, 2018
This lesson explores how changes in the students’ neighborhood and landscape affects their lives. Using maps as primary sources to analyze the changes to their neighborhood challenges students’ perception of time and space as well as providing some geographical background into the history of Hunting Park.
3 - 5 6 - 8 English/Language Arts Social Studies/History geography UArts
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