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Wikipedia: Henrik Ibsen
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia gives some wonderful insight into Henrik Ibsen's (1828-1906 CE) controversial playwriting style. It discusses four of his plays and the controversy surrounding these. The article also gives some...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Time Capsule Show What You Know
Students will assemble a time capsule full of tidbits of information they feel would be useful for the next class to study and learn successfully.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Frank Lloyd Wright
This site from The My Hero Project gives information on Frank Lloyd Wright, "[O]ne of the most famous architects in the world." Lloyd Wright built over 400 houses. Read about his contributions to the field of architecture, specifically...
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Italianate House Profile
A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.
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Greek Revival House Profile
Salem, Massachusetts presents a line drawing of a Greek Revival house with labels detailing the unique features of this style. The text section expands on the information.
Boston College
Boston College: Digital Archive of American Architecture
Images of American buildings, including houses, churches, and public buildings from the seventeenth century through the twenthieth century taken by Dr. Jeffery Howe, a professor at Boston College. The table of contents groups images by...
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Italy Guides: Virtual Travel to Pompeii, Italy
Explore the city of Pompeii in this virtual tour. Houses, temples, baths, arches, and other structures are all on display. The history of Pompeii is explained, and each interactive structure is accompanied by a description. The different...
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Floorplan of First Floor.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
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Photo of Entry Hall.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
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Photo of Circular Staircase.
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
PBS
Pbs: Death of the Dream
This PBS site offers a taste of rural life in the Midwest. You can tour a virtual farmhouse,read poetry of the time, and see examples of prairie architecture.
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The Comprehensive Salem Guide: Salem Architecture: Italianate 1845 1860
A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.
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Salem, Massachusetts: Greek Revival 1825 1850
Salem, Massachusetts presents a line drawing of a Greek Revival house with labels detailing the unique features of this style. The text section expands on the information.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.
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Wells Thorn House: 1600 1740: Early Colonial Style: Interior Room
An interior view of an early American colonial parlor.
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Wells Thorn House: 1600 1740: Early Colonial Style: Interior Room
Interior of a colonial kitchen, or hall.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Rather Unlikely Employment Resumes
After studying the structure and writing style of resumes, create an unlikely resume for a specific thing in your life. What in your life might need to apply for another job some day, maybe when you are done with it? Your car? Your bed?...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Dwelling
The houses of the artisans and husbandmen were generally of brick, and were as well furnished as the houses of the workingmen of to-day, and perhaps better built. In humbler homes the stools and benches and cots were of primitive...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Kenworthy Hall
This plantation house was completed in 1860 and is one of the best preserved examples of Richard Upjohn's distinctive asymmetrical Italian villa style. It is the only surviving residential example of Upjohn's Italian villa style that was...
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Unesco: Japan: Historic Villages of Shirakawa Go and Gokayama
Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. The large...
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Unesco: United Kingdom: Saltaire
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, is a complete and well-preserved industrial village of the second half of the 19th century. Its textile mills, public buildings and workers' housing are built in a harmonious style of high architectural...
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Unesco: Nicaragua: Leon Cathedral
Built between 1747 and the early 19th century to the design of Guatemalan architect Diego Jose de Porres Esquivel, the monument expresses the transition from Baroque to Neoclassical architecture and its style can be considered to be...
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Unesco: China: Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages feature the Diaolou, multi-storeyed defensive village houses in Kaiping, which display a complex and flamboyant fusion of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms. They reflect the significant role...
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Unesco: Hungary: Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma & Its Natural Env
The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996. They went on to convert the Hungarians, to found the country's first school and, in 1055, to write the first document in Hungarian. From the time of its founding, this monastic community...