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Unit 7.1.20
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| Living Rooms
1800-1900
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Why This Unit? |
This teaching unit focuses on the architectural design of living spaces. Students learn about common considerations among home builders in Mongolia to the North American plains. While geography is one defining factor in the creation of living spaces, other factors are culturally and socially based. Students investigate these qualities through the examination of floor plans and cultural artifacts, such as poems, and then perform skits that might take place in each of the different homes they have investigated. Follow-up discussion has students consider the different cultural, social, economic, and geographic influences on house construction.
This unit was designed to introduce a study of the nineteenth century but could be adapted for other periods. In addition to dwellings in Mongolia, the Native American plains, and Vietnam, Russian peasant dwellings and British factory worker and owner living spaces are also included. Other adaptations to the unit could include additional geographic locations dispersed across the globe.
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| Unit Objectives |
Upon completing this unit, students
will be able to:
1. Explain how physical geography has historically affected choices in home construction.
2. Make inferences about cultural, social, political, and economic aspects of different societies based on home design.
3. Explain how culture, societal values, politics, and economics have affected choices in home construction.
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Time and Materials |
One class period is needed for examination of the documents in small groups; one period is needed for performing the skits; a third period is needed for follow-up discussion and assessment. In addition to the attached Student Handouts, a physical world map or student atlas is useful.
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Why this unit? |
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Time and materials |
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Unit objectives |
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Author
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The historical context
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This unit in the Big Era timeline |
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Lesson: Living Rooms |
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This unit and the Three Essential Questions |
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This unit and the Seven Key Themes |
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This unit and the Standards in Historical Thinking |
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| Resources |
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Correlations to National and State Standards |
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Conceptual links to other lessons |
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Complete Teaching Unit in PDF Format |
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