How was the White House designed?
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A lesson plan for Grade 5 Information Skills, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies
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- Appropriate grades
- 5
- Subjects
- social studies (United States history)
- Provider
- National Endowment for the Humanities
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In this lesson, part of the EDSITEment curriculum unit titled “From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today,” students explore some of the issues involved in designing the “President's House.” They compare proposed designs and discuss the merits of each. They go on to decide whether the chosen White House design or one simpler or grander would best reflect what our President's house has come to represent. This lesson incorporates primary source material from EDSITEment-reviewed websites.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Information Skills (2000)
Grade 5
- Goal 5: The learner will COMMUNICATE reading, listening, and viewing experiences.
- Objective 5.01: Respond to reading, listening, viewing experiences orally, artistically, dramatically, through various formats (e.g., print, multimedia).
Visual Arts Education (2001)
Grade 5
- Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
- Objective 5.06: Compare and contrast selected major artists and artwork.
- Objective 5.07: Demonstrate a sense of history (what came before and after) regarding cultures and works of art.
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 3: The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.
- Objective 3.03: Identify examples of cultural interaction within and among the regions of the United States.
