Gothic Revival Architecture Teacher Resources
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Curated OER
Charleston Architectural Study
Student learn about the historical significance and local history of Charlestown SC. Students begin with lectures, notes, coloring books and culminate with historical building visits.
Curated OER
Primary Structural Forms: Post and Beam
Students examine the three primary structural forms of architecture. They view photos, take a walking tour of their community, conduct strength tests of post, beam, and arch construction, and analyze the test results.
Curated OER
October:Holy Gargoyles!
Young scholars experience and participate in making mythic creatures during a study in architecture history and spooky sculpture for Halloween. They interact with the subject of gargoyles and the creation of their own gargoyles, ghosts...
Britain Express
Britain Express: Architecture: Gothic Revival Architecture
This article on Gothic Revival architecture of the 19th century describes the style, as well as some individual buildings in England that were built in Gothic Revival style.
Boston College
Boston College: Daaa Gothic Revival
Provides a brief definition of the Gothic Revival and many pictures of Gothic Revival churches, bridges, and houses.
Other
Architeacher: Architectural History and Building Styles
A slideshow that introduces learners to nineteenth-century architectural history by displaying a variety of homes constructed in specific historical styles, such as Greek revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic revival.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nineteenth Century Architecture
This lesson will provide an overview of nineteenth-century architecture.
New York University
New York University: Architecture in New York: St. Patrick's Cathedral
A stop on an architectural tour at St. Patrick's Cathedral, with commentary on the cathedral's Gothic revival facade.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Temple of Invention
A wonderful click-through slideshow of one of America's most-graceful examples of Gothic Revival architecture. The U.S. Patent Office Building, which dates from 1836, is now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National...
Boston College
Digital Archive of Architecture: High Victorian Gothic
Select from slides to enlarge, with description limited to names of architects and locations.
Other
Archimon: Early Neo Gothicism
Discusses the Neo-Gothic style of architecture in the Netherlands.
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: The Gothic, the Uncanny
This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".
Boston College
Boston College: High Victorian Gothic in America
This site from Boston College provides many examples of High Victorian Gothic style buildings may be viewed and enlarged here, from churches to homes. Information is limited to brief text about specific architects along with location and...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Episcopal Church of the Nativity
This Gothic Revival church was built in 1859, and is considered by the National Park Service as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiastical Gothic architecture in the South. It is also one of the least-altered structures designed...