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American Utopia: The Architecture and History of the Suburb Lesson PlanAmerican Utopia: The Architecture and History of the Suburb Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Case Study
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Year
2019
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American Utopia: The Architecture and History of the Suburb

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Let's build a dream house! By examining promotional materials and photographs of early suburban developments, scholars consider what led to the development of this particular American dream. The resource includes case studies of three suburban communities and prompts for discussion and essay writing. Additional materials include a rubric for peer review of a written essay based on the primary sources.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

suburban communities, the great depression, post world war ii, architecture, american history, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use documents to stimulate discussion on the rise of the suburbs
  • Offer documents-based questions in the activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners need to access the documents, either with copies of them or on the Internet

Pros

  • Resource includes a mix of written materials and images
  • Documents are adaptable to a variety of instructional practices

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.2 CCRA.R.3 CCRA.R.4 CCRA.R.5 CCRA.R.6 CCRA.R.7

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