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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 4 11 16: Casa Del Ancantilado Is an Architectural Marvel

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about a very unusual house and its architectural significance. Includes video.
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Architecture and Liturgy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the relationship between architecture and liturgy going all the way back to its Jewish origins. Provides discussion on early Christian worship, Medieval worship, pilgrimage, and spiritual architecture. With links to additional...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Does an Architectural Designer Do?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the responsibilities of an architectural designer and opportunities to progress in this field.
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Other

Citizendium: Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This Citizendium article on architecture touches on a number of different elements of architecture related to permanence (firmness), aesthetics (beauty), and pragmatism (utility), among other topics.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Sir Dig a Lot: History Mysteries: Greek Architecture

For Students 1st - 5th
Journey with Sir Dig-a-Lot and Rohan as they explore the ins and outs of Greek Architecture.
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Revolution to Reconstruction:court Architecture and the Development of Democracy

For Students 1st - 9th
Article on the ways in which Colonial court architecture contributed to and fostered the notion of community and democracy.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Thematic Essays: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Short thematic essay on the architecture of ancient Greece touches on a number of different aspects of Greek architecture, including the Greek architectural orders, the role of the architect, the quarrying of stone, and building practices.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek Art: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses architecture in Ancient Greece.
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PBS

Pbs: Egypt's Golden Kingdom: Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
The New Kingdom pharaohs moved from building pyramids to temples. Read about the temples, where they were, and the uses in this PBS article.
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Other

Whole Building Design Guide: Architectural Style

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page resource that answers all the essential questions about what is meant by the term "architectural style." Considers style in terms of context, historical period, vernacular evolution, and "themed" architecture.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Venturi, House in New Castle County, Delaware

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Venturi's New Castle County House offers a modest but instructive example of the Post-Modern style set. Even though he never liked the stylistic term Post Modern, his buildings and critical writings helped propel late 20th-century...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater

For Students 9th - 10th
Frank Lloyd's Wright's internationally celebrated house, Fallingwater, is an example of Organic Architecture which stems from Transcendentalism - the belief that human life is part of nature. Read the history and view pictures of this...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building

For Students 9th - 10th
The Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building in Chicago is an important example of early Chicago skyscraper architecture, and can also be seen as a fascinating indicator of the relationship between architecture and commerce. View pictures...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Style Guide: Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of Renaissance style, as it was practiced in England. See examples of Renaissance architecture, furniture, and designs and learn about the motifs that characterize this style of ornamentation. Also learn about the role...
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Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology: The Modern Sack of Nineveh

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about stolen Assyrian artifacts. It has many links to photos of Assyrian art and architecture, along with detailed images and illustrations.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Objects From Colonial Dutch America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents "Architecture, Furniture, and Silver from Colonial Dutch America". This is an on-line overview of the exhibit that features works both decorative and utilitarian objects from from Colonial Dutch...
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Other

Components: Logical, Physical Models

For Students 9th - 10th
This December 1999 Software Development Magazine article explores the different methodologies that constitute an architectural element. Includes an illustration of high-level architectural elements.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How to Become an Architect

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the skills and education needed to become an architect.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Andean Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
From textiles to ceramics, metalwork, and architecture, Andean cultures produced art and architecture that responded to their natural environment and reflected their beliefs and social structures. Read more about the Andean culture in...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Mesopotamia Became the Cradle of Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Environmental factors helped agriculture, architecture and eventually a social order emerge for the first time in ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia's name comes from the ancient Greek word for "the land between the rivers." That's a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mission Churches as Theaters of Conversion in New Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Mission churches, which followed a similar architectural plan but varied in terms of decoration, are among the earliest examples of colonial architecture. View pictures and read the history of these mission churches, or conventos, in New...
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Other

Nature in Egyptian Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This short, illustrated paper describes depictions of nature in Egyptian art. Content discussed in the article includes animals used in art, the natural flora and fauna surrounding the Nile river and how they were used in art, and how...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Machu Picchu

For Students 9th - 10th
Machu Picchu was built as a royal estate for the first Inca emperor, Pachacuti Inka Yupanqui, in the middle of the 15th century in modern-day Peru. View pictures, read about the architecture, and learn how it was used in the Incan society.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Imperial Fora

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of public spaces in Rome called fora were built by Roman emperors and contained monumental art and architecture. View examples and read descriptions of Imperial fora built by Julius Caesar and Augustus.

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