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Ancient Cultures-Greek

Main Core Tie

Interior Design 3
Strand 4 Standard 4

Time Frame

1 class periods of 90 minutes each

Group Size

Individual

Life Skills

Thinking & Reasoning

Authors

SUE E. WINKLER

Summary

Learn about the Greek culture of Interior design and complete an Ancient Cultures-Greek assignment.


Materials

1. Greek power point presentation.
2. Greek outline


Background for Teachers

Be familiar with the power point presentation on Greek culture.

I cover the entire section of architecture furniture and history. I break it up into each time period. Each class period consists of approximately 2 of these time periods, such as Greek and Roman in one 90-minute period. I have several lesson plans on architecture and furniture history; I usually try to get through at least 2 time periods each class session. Each lesson consists of a power point presentation with graphics, an outline for the students to fill out, and a project where they have to sketch an object from the time, and then get a picture of a piece of current furniture influenced by some of the details of that time period.


Student Prior Knowledge

None.


Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will find Greek influences in modern day furniture and architecture.


Instructional Procedures

Attachments

Websites

  • Ancientgreece.com
    Great site for Greek info. Includes a link to art and architecture with excellent information.
  • History for Kids
    Site for kids to learn about Ancient Greek times.
  • PBS
    Excellent site for interactive Greek civilizations.

1. Hand out the Greek outline to the students.

2. As you review the information from the power point presentation, have students write down the information on their outline from the presentation. (I try to do a lot of study before I begin the lecture, so I add other information about what I have researched to this lecture.)

3. When the lecture is completed, I have the students start on the sketching assignment. Students will sketch a chair from the Greek time period. (They must not copy, but do their best to sketch!) To do this, they will also look in magazines to find pictures of a piece of furniture or architectural detail that might have been influenced by the time period. For example, students could find a picture of a home with many columns across the front. For their description of the picture, they could say that this house was influenced by the Greek time period because of its use of columns creating a portico at the entry of the home. Then they will need to be able to recognize a picture of a Greek temple, like the Parthenon, for a test. My students are expected to turn this assignment in for grading, then they create a portfolio out of all of the history we have talked about in class.


Assessment Plan

See attached rubric for Ancient cultures--Greek.


Bibliography

USOE Interior Design curriculum


Rubrics

Created: 07/12/2003
Updated: 02/05/2018
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