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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/~bhna/)
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
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