Standards-based Planned Instruction Template

Name: Timothy A. Baacke

School District: Penn Cambria

Lesson Title: Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Kaufmanns

Grade Level: 9-12 Specify Primary Intermediate Middle X High School Other School Building: Penn Cambria High School

Piloted with students in grade:9-12

PA STANDARD AREA: ARTS AND HUMANITIES 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts X 9.3 Critical Response 9.4 Aesthetic Response 9.5 Connections to Other Academic Subjects

Standard Statement:  9.3.10.E Interpret and use various types of critical analysis in the arts and humanities.

Lesson Topic/Theme:  Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Kaufmanns

Overview: The class will explore the relationship of Edgar Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright. The emphasis of this study is organic architecture, which Wright used to full advantage in the creation of the Kaufmann house. Visual analysis and research activities are designed to give the learner insight about the structure and relationship of the client to the architect.

Keywords:  Cantilever, Organic Architecture, Post and Beam Construction, Parapets, Innovation, Taliesin, Prairie Style

Learning Objective(s):  Students will: 1.Cite, describe, and apply techniques including the elements and principles of art used by Wright to design Fallingwater. 2. Cite and describe the relationship of the architect to the client . 3. Describe your reaction to the home upon visiting Fallingwater. 3. Create response journal entries. Assessment-Task Criteria:   Below Basic The response journal exhibits:   Limited Identification of aspects of product and critical process of works in the arts.        The following are the processes:                                           A. Analysis and synthesis by comparing and contrasting Interpreting forming and testing hypotheses evaluating and forming judgements   B. Determining and applying criteria to ones own works and works of others. C. An individual system of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response. D. Evaluation of works in the arts and humanities using a complex and advanced vocabulary and concepts of critical response.   Basic The response journal exhibits:   Evaluation of relevant aspects of product and process of works in the arts.                                                        The following are the processes:                                              A. Analysis and synthesis by comparing and contrasting Interpreting forming and testing hypotheses evaluating and forming judgements   B. Determining and applying criteria to ones own works and works of others. C. An individual system of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response. D. Evaluation of works in the arts and humanities using a complex and advanced vocabulary and concepts of critical response. Proficient The response journal exhibits:                                                                               Competent interpretation and critical evaluation of product and process of works of art.                                                                                                The following are the processes:   A. Analysis and synthesis by comparing and contrasting   Interpreting   forming and testing hypotheses   evaluating and forming judgements   B. Determining and applying criteria to ones own works and works of others. C. An individual system of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response. D. Evaluation of works in the arts and humanities using a complex and advanced vocabulary and concepts of critical response. Advanced The response journal exhibits:   Application and articulation of connections within and/or beyond the discipline. Informed analysis of product and process of works in the arts.   The following are the processes:                                              A. Analysis and synthesis by comparing and contrasting   Interpreting   forming and testing hypotheses   evaluating and forming judgements   B. Determining and applying criteria to ones own works and works of others. C. An individual system of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response. D. Evaluation of works in the arts and humanities using a complex and advanced vocabulary and concepts of critical response.

Materials:  computers (with CD-Rom, word processing, and on-line internet capabilities), Slide projector, Video Cassette Player and TV Monitor, Computer with video projector, Some Video Tape on Fallingwater and Frank Lloyd Wright, Some software on Frank Lloyd Wright, Some written material on Fallingwater and Frank Lloyd Wright. Field trip to Fallingwater.

Warm-Up: The student will learn about:  the commissions Wright recieved from Kaufmann, the realtionship of architect to client, the commision for Fallingwater, the methods, techniques, and principles employed in the design of Fallingwater, and the elemnts and principles of art, as related to architecture.

Procedure: (type in 43 lines or less) #1 Watch slides of Fallingwater. Respond by describing as many elements and principles as possible. Collect the findings on the computer as part of a journal entry. Use one type of critical analysis; formal. What to look for: Color, Value, Line, Texture, Shape, Form, Space Rhythm, Movement, Harmony, Balance, Emphasis, Gradation, Variety, Proportion. Visit the following web site for information on the Elements and Principles. http://www.sanfordcorp.com #2 Explore the following web sites and collect data about Wright, Kaufmann and Fallingwater. Watch video tape of Edgar Kaufmann Jr. Respond by describing his relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright and his memories of the construction of Fallingwater. Collect the findings on computer as part of a journal entry. Use one type of critical analysis; contextual.   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/index.html www.franklloydwright.org http://www.greatbuildings.com #3 Visit Fallingwater. Respond by describing your reaction to Fallingwater. Collect the findings on the computer as part of a journal entry. Use one type of critical analysis; intuitive.

Correctives:  Using this process, study other residential architecture by Wright.

Extensions: Using this process, study architecture by other architects such as Sullivan, Richardson, or Mies van der Rohe. Using this process, study other religious/commercial architecture by Wright.