My students are working on a Housing Styles Project that I have used for a couple of years. If you
use the Housing Decisions, Goodheart-Wilcox. It goes with Chapter 6. I also have a video that I
have had for years and it has a good teacher guide with a worksheet and a great glossary of
architectural terms. The video is The American House: A Guide to Architectural Styles from the
Learning Seed. There is also an excellent PowerPoint on the DOE website thanks to Sharon and
Aaron Mang that I use as well. Attached is my lesson plan and my rubric for the House Styles
Project. I really enjoy this project, I even created a PowerPoint using houses in the
neighborhoods around the school. I t helps the students recognize housing styles around town
and then they come in and tell me the address of a really good Tudor or Queen Anne and it is a
really good hands on project.
Learning Strategies Lesson Plan
UNIT: Architecture and Housing Styles
OBJECTIVES: Student will:
1. Evaluate how events in American history have affected housing
design.
2. Compare and contrast housing styles in the 18th century.
3. Compare and contrast housing styles in the 19th century.
4. Evaluate historical housing elements that influenced 20th century
designs.
5. Analyze the uniqueness of 20th century housing designs.
MATERIALS:
 Textbook (Chapters 5 & 6)
 Video: On Housing Styles
 Handouts:
1. Vocabulary- architectural details
2. Sears Home with Architectural details identified
3. Worksheets:
Roof and Dwelling Styles
Origin & Style. Identify Housing Styles
4. Project Rubric
 Variety of Realtor Sales Magazines (available in most grocery stores- ask
students to pick one up for use in class. Make sure you specify the Housing
sales brochures, not apartment rentals)
 Scissors
 Glue
 Paper
 Rubric
PROCEDURE:
1. Students must read Chapter 6- Homes from the 18th Century to
Today; complete questions 118.
2. View Video: Housing Styles. During the video write the name
of each house style described in the video.
3. View and complete notes for listserv Housing Styles
powerpoint.
4. Using the realtor sales magazines, student will find 8 examples
of housing styles.
Name_______________________________ Block______
Date_____
Grading Rubric For House Styles
Write the Style of the remaining 5 houses you chose in the boxes below!!!
Picture is a
good
representation
of this house
style
5 pts.
A definition of
this house style
is included
5 pts.
Project is neat,
attractive and
creative
5 pts.
Total
Points
Per House
Style
Total Pts.
_______/120
Grading Scale:
120-109 A
108-97 B
96-85
C
84-72
D
Points Range:
5 pts.: Awesome
3 pts.: It’s OK
1 pts.: OOPS! But I did it!