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Unit Title:

Grade Level: 9th-12th

Home Styles & Characteristics

Unit Designers:

Subject/Topic Areas:

Mallory Buzun-Miller
School: Lake Shore High School

Introduction to Architecture

Rationale: What you want students to know, do and be like when they finish this unit!

At the end of this unit of study, students will be able to teach others about
different types of home styles, what makes each home style unique, and the
specific characteristics of an individual home style, which students will
research. Students will assess their own work through an evaluation rubric that
will be discussed after the task is defined for the students, by the teacher.
Also, students will participate in a work critique as a class to discuss positives
and negatives of completed for sale design.
Overview: A brief summary of the nature and scope of the unit.

Students will research different home styles found in different cultures and
areas throughout the world which they have been studying. After completing
research of characteristics, style, locations, history, etc, through use of lab and
Internet sources, students will select one home style to research in depth and
create a for sale ad focusing on the originality and characteristics of the home
style. Students will be paired with another student who researched a similar
home style. Students will work together to create a home walk through of the
interior of the home focusing on modern day styles with characteristics of the
home styles they researched. In conclusion, Students their ideas and create
design layout of both the exterior of both home styles they researched and
interior images collected and explain why each of the room chosen meet the
characteristics of the home style they researched.
The BIG question(s) will guide this unit and focus teaching and learning.

I. areUnderstand
different home
What
the main characteristics
ofstyles
the home style?
II.
Research
a
specific
home
style
What makes them different from modern and
day gain
homeunderstanding
styles seen inindividual
your area?
characteristics,
style,
locations,
and
history.
Why are the home styles characteristic important to the area they are found?
III.do these
Investigate
and create
one forthe
salepeople
ad that
focuses
on one
specific
How
characteristic
represent
who
live within
them?
home
styleelement that represents the home style, both interior and
What is the
design
IV. Take the information and with a partner, create a design layout
exterior?
combining both researched home styles and explain in what way the
Content Objectives:
design meets modern design and original characteristics of both
home styles researched
V.
Evaluate work through rubric and class critique of design element.

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BIG6 OBJECTIVES:

Unit will focus on the following steps:

3.
4.
5.
6.

Location and Access

Use of information
Synthesis
Evaluation

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Big6 Skill

Activity

Task Definition

Clearly define task and

outcome
Information Seeking Strategy Student research multiple
home styles for basic
information and
characteristics

Location and Access

Use of information

Students provided with

website lists and safe
web search tools
Computer Lab with Internet
Access and Word
Processing Software
Students create a for sale ad
on their chosen home
style.

Responsibility
(Teacher/Learner)
Teacher
Learner

Teacher
Teacher
Learner

Once complete students

pair with another student
to combine their home
styles and create a
modern day interior
home design mixed with
their home styles
characteristics in a
functional design layout.
Synthesis

Students complete an
explanation of how these
styles relate and why the
layout they created fits
with the home style
characteristics.

Learner

Evaluation

Evaluate work through rubric Teacher & Learner

and class critique of
design element

How will students demonstrate what they have learned?

Student learning will be assessed through the rubric specifications, as well

as, by their final critique by their peers. In the end, students ability to work
together to effectively teach what they know about their home style to
another student will demonstrate the growth of knowledge and
understanding.

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Evaluation: What evidence will show that students understand?

Students will show adequate to highly competent evidence on rubric through

student, teachers, and peer critiques.

Teaching Materials:

Computer lab, word processing software, printer, design layout supplies

(paper, color pencils/markers, glue, etc.), critique board and evaluation rubric