Building Up the World: Global Architecture

Grades: 5th Grade

• Unit 9 Overview

• Lesson

• Designing and Building: Origins of Architecture
• Classic Architecture Meets Contemporary Design
• Two Unique Homes
• Two Innovative Schools
• Building Skyscrapers: When and Where
• Skyscrapers: Design and Process
• Maya Lin and Places Where People Remember
• Antoni Gaudí’s Imagination
• Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration
• Native American Design
• Primary Sources and Informative Writing
• Informational Text: Drafting Conclusions
• Visual Component and Revising
• Peer Feedback, Editing, and Revising
• Informational Text Publishing and Oral Presentation Feedback
• Architecture Fair Presentation Day