Lesson One
Thomas Jefferson's Use of Palladio to Express Republican Virtues in Architecture | Architecture
Art
U.S. History
World Languages
| The lesson focuses on the symmetry found in late eighteenth-century art, music, law, and architecture, inter alia. It highlights how Jefferson viewed this symmetry and order as republican virtues influenced by Palladian architecture. |
| Accompanying file: Palladio Essay |
Lesson Two
Who Invented What? | Science
U.S. History
World History
World Languages
| The controversies surrounding who invented the radio and the telephone are explored. Marconi and Meucci have great claims, but the students will research and decide. |
| Accompanying file: Marconi Essay |
| Accompanying file: Meucci Essay |
Lesson Three
Italian Renaissance Art: Three Dimensional | Art
World History
World Languages
| Changes in art that took place from Medieval to the High Italian Renaissance, to the late Italian Renaissance. Students will contrast four frescos of The Last Supper. |
| Accompanying file: Renaissance Activity Sheet |
Lesson Four
It is the Question That You Ask | Science
World History
World Languages
| The lesson includes Galileo’s investigation of gravity. It emphasizes the shift from Aristotelian deductive reasoning to empiricism by changing the investigative question from “why things fall to earth,” to “how things fall to earth.” |
| Accompanying file: Galileo Essay |
Lesson Five
The Flavian Amphitheatre: Bread and Circuses | Architecture
Art
Language Arts
U.S. History
World History
World Languages
| The lesson focuses on Vespasian's desire to build a great monument to honor himself and to keep the plebeians amused and content at the games. The lesson also highlights the ineffectiveness of slavery in a society. |
| Accompanying file: Flavian Amphitheatre Essay |
