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Bungalows–the Homes of A WebQuest for Middle School Grade Social Studies Designed by Joan Kane
Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher
Page Walking
to school every day, you walk past an important part of Chicago history and
social life. In fact, you may even live in one! The Chicago bungalow accounts
for over one-third of all single-family houses in the city. Bungalows have
been providing shelter for Chicago residents for almost one hundred years.
For the families that live in Chicago bungalows, their homes can tell many
tales about what life in Chicago is like. Recently,
Chicago’s mayor, Richard Daley, created a new organization to honor and
preserve the Chicago bungalow, the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association
(HCBA). This group provides education and financing for bungalow owners so
they can maintain their homes and keep the unique bungalow style alive. The
goal of Mayor Daley and the HCBA is to preserve the past while preparing for
the future. In
this lesson, you will learn about the Chicago bungalow style and using that
knowledge to create a checklist. As you work on the lesson, keep the
following questions in mind as a guide: 1.)
What makes a community? 2.)
What stories do the architecture of a community
tell? 3.)
How can you identify architectural style? You
have been selected to be summer interns for Mayor Daley! Your team will be
working with the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association to create a checklist
of the style elements that defines what makes a Chicago bungalow a Chicago
bungalow. After you create this checklist, you will use it to analyze five
houses in the your neighborhood and determine if they are true Chicago
bungalows. Finally, you will present the information you learned to the mayor
and City Council. To
be a successful intern, you must be an excellent detective, a great team
player and a persuasive communicator. Are you ready? Read through the Process
section to learn how you will do this. To
be a successful intern for the mayor, you will need to follow these steps.
Read them over and make sure to ask your teacher if your group has any
questions. Enjoy your research! 1.)
First you will be assigned to a team of 3
students. 2.)
Select five houses in your neighborhood that you
think are bungalows and take their pictures. 3.)
Assign one of the following roles to each group
member:
4.)
Once each of you has selected a role to play,
review the information in the Resources section. Use these questions as a
guide:
5.)
Create a checklist that has five style elements
of a Chicago bungalow. 6.)
Use your checklist on the five houses you selected
earlier and see if these houses are true Chicago bungalows. Write down your
findings. 7.)
Create a presentation, newsletter or Web page
that summaries what you learned and shows how you used your checklist to
determine if a house was a bungalow. 8.)
Present your information to the class. General
Information on Bungalows The
Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative (http://www.chicagobungalow.org/) American
Bungalow Magazine (http://www.ambungalow.com/AmBungalow/home.htm)
Twin
Cities Bungalow Club (http://www.bungalowclub.org/)
Pasadena
Bungalow Heaven (http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ebhna/)
Defining
a Chicago Bungalow The
Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative (http://www.chicagobungalow.org/) Definition
of a bungalow (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/b1/bungalow.asp)
The
Chicago Green Bungalow Project (http://www.houseinprogress.net/)
Field guide to Chicago
bungalows (http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/buildings/Files/Bungalow.html)
American Bungalow Magazine
Bungalow Styles (http://www.americanbungalowmagazine.com/AmBungalow/whatStyle.htm)
About resources on Chicago
bungalows (http://architecture.about.com/b/a/009095.htm)
Family
Stories about Bungalows Stories
about Chicago bungalow families (http://www.chicagobungalow.org/month.html) Bungalow
stories (http://www.wttw.com/chicagostories/bungalow.html)
A
Chicago bungalow renovation in progress (http://www.houseinprogress.net/) More bungalow stories (http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arch_story/010303.htm)
Use
this rubric to determine how well you are doing on the project. Rubric for Bungalow Style Checklist
In
this lesson, you have learned about the architectural characteristics of the
Chicago bungalow, the most common housing style in the city of Chicago. You
have used this information to find Chicago bungalows in our neighborhood and
presented your findings to others. Now
that you have learned about one style of residential architecture, you can
add to this information and learn about other housing styles. As you walk to
school each day, you should inspect the other housing styles and try to
answer the following questions: §
What kind of family was the house designed for? §
How old is the house? §
How has the house changed over the years? §
What changes would you make to the house? Why? Photo
of Chicago Bungalow from The Chicago Green Bungalow Project, a pilot program
sponsored by the City of Chicago. Permission for use requested. Retrieved on
Nov. 4, 2004 from http://www.chicagobungalow.org/greenbungalow/cb/index.shtml
on November 4, 2004. Last updated on August 19, 2005. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page |
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