Architecture & Design

Grade Level:
Est. Time: (45-60 minutes)

• Classify buildings as “duck” or “decorated shed”architecture.
• Use visual evidence to support an architecturalclaim.
• Communicate and defend design-basedreasoning.

• VA:Cn11.6.1 – Analyze how art reflects changingtimes, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.
• VA:Cr1.8.2 – Collaboratively shape an artisticinvestigation of an aspect of present day life using acontemporary practice of art and design.

NVACS English Language Arts (6-8):

• ELA.W.(6-8).1 – Write arguments to support claimswith clear reasons and relevant evidence.
• ELA.W.(6-8).2 – Write informative/explanatory textsto examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, andinformation through the selection, organization, andanalysis of relevant content

Grade Level:6-8
Est. Time: 1 hour

• Define a business’s audience and purpose.
• Design a Googie-inspired sign that communicates a business identity.
• Apply scale, color, shape, and imagery to attract customers.

• Geometry: 7.G.A.1- Solve problems involving scaledrawings of geometric figures, including computingactual lengths and areas from a scale drawing andreproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.

NVACS Visual Arts (6-8):

• VA:Cr2.6.3 – Design or redesign objects, places, orsystems that meet the identified needs of diverseusers.
• VA:Cn11.6.1 – Analyze how art reflects changingtimes, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.
• VA:Cn11.7.1 – Analyze how response to art is influenced by understanding the time and place inwhich it was created, the available resources, andcultural uses.
• VA:Cr1.8.2 Collaboratively shape an artisticinvestigation of an aspect of present-day life using acontemporary practice of art and design.

Grade Level: 6-8
Est. Time: 2 Hours

• Analyze how architecture reflects the needs ofdifferent people.
• Design a floor plan for a specific client or family.
• Justify design decisions using evidence from the client’s needs.

• 6.G.A.1 – Solve real-world and mathematical problemsinvolving area, surface area, and volume.
• 7.G.B.6 -Solve real-life and mathematical problemsinvolving angle measure, area, surface area, andvolume.

NVACS Visual Arts (6-8):

• VA:Cr2.6.3 – Design or redesign objects, places, orsystems that meet the identified needs of diverseusers.
• VA:Cr1.8.2 Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art and design.

Grade Level: 6-8
Est. Time: 2-3 hours

• Compare architectural styles from different cultures and regions.
• Collaborate to construct a model building.
• Apply characteristics of an architectural style in a creative design.

• VA:Cr1.6.1 Combine concepts collaboratively togenerate innovative ideas for creating art.
• VA:Cn11.6.1 – Analyze how art reflects changingtimes, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.
• VA:Re8.7.1 Interpret art by analyzing art-makingapproaches, the characteristics of form and structure,relevant contextual information, subject matter, anduse of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed
• VA:Cn10.7.1 Individually or collaboratively createvisual documentation of places and times in whichpeople gather to make and experience art or designin the community
• VA:Cr1.8.2 Collaboratively shape an artisticinvestigation of an aspect of present-day life using acontemporary practice of art and design.