Project Title: Creating Harmony in Home
Grades: 5th-8th
Duration: 2 weeks
Standards: Ancient Civilization-India; ELA- Informational reading and writing; Math- Scale, proportion
Enduring Understanding: Connecting the past to present through architecture
Driving Question: How might we apply ideas from Ancient India to modern architecture to conduct our very own Extreme Makeover and educate those who may be interested about the process, possibilities and potential?
Rich Context:
- Bringing ancient history, religion to life
- Making mathematical connections to the real world
- Architecture
Final product options:
- Blog for Houzz
- QR codes for real estate agent open house (home or office)
- Class architecture coffee table book published
- Video for kids on how to reimagine their bedrooms, study area for distance learning
Launch:
- Show Extreme Home Makeover
- Show pictures of contemporary architecture and compare to ancient-do Visible Thinking Routine re: noticings
- Intro Vastu-the ancient system of architecture and design to make homes places of healing.
- Capture K/NTKs
Learning/Feedback :
Click here to see lesson overview links and ideas for feedback.
Golden Opportunities:
- Field work Ideas:
- Architect guest speaker (can do virtual)
- Walking, driving field trip with parent re: architecture and identifying styles and shapes
- Exhibition ideas: Host a virtual “open house”, present to a panel of real-estate agents to educate them, create a virtual collection via website or padlet
Project resources:
- Yoga Journal-July/August 2020
- Click here for Vastu PBL-lite planning framework download
Additional Resources:
- Video of how to plan the steps in this form
- Explanation of each section of this form
- Curation of links for virtual learning -including each section of this form
- Aligned book resources for planning PBL and e-courses