After finishing their Chicago Architecture unit, the middle school students have been looking at famous buildings all over the world. I first had them choose a country they liked. Most of them chose based on soccer teams they like. We then used
www.greatbuildings.com as a resource and followed the link to that country. On this website, they list buildings in each country that are considered famous. I had them decide which building they liked, and they then researched facts about the building. We stopped every once in a while to look up the answer to questions that we wondered about as we worked. For example, "What was the Church of St. Francis designed to look like?" or "How much would it cost to stay one night in the Burj Khalifa?" or "How do they keep the Leaning Tower from falling over?" I had them draw, trace with marker and then erase using only lines. Then, they used watercolors to fill in color. They look great on display. I had fun seeing which buildings they chose, and I learned about some new buildings myself!
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| Aliyah, Grade 8, St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia |
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| Gabe, Grade 7, The Colosseum, Italy |
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| Maryann, Grade 8, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Japan |
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| Amanda, Grade 7, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy |
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| Melanie, Grade 6, Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates |
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| Shamar, Grade 8, Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Brazil |
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| Quin, Grade 6, Familia Sagrada, Spain |
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| Jackie, Grade 8, St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia |
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