Design properties

Name
Xanthi's Old Town Architecture
Topic
Architecture
Learning time
2 hours and 30 minutes
Designed time
2 hours and 30 minutes
Size of class
25
Description
Students explore the different Architectural Designs in Xanthi's Old Town
Aims
To explore their cities Old Town and familiarized with the different Architectural Techniques
Outcomes
Define, Find out/discover, Compare (and contrast), Construct
Editor
stavrianos

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Timeline

Documentary and learning
45 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    20
    25
    1
    Students watch a 20mins documentary about Xanthi's Old Town called "Xanthi's Old Town. An open air museum"
  • Investigate
    25
    25
    1
    Students visit a web site to learn and investigate some of the different architectural styles. They work in groups and each group has to choose a specific style. They spot specific houses in the Old Town.
Notes:
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Taking Pictures
60 minutes)
  • Investigate
    60
    25
    0
    Students go out of the school in teams and look for the houses they found out in the previous steps. Each team should find 3 houses. They shoot photos of each house.
Notes:
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Interactive map Production
45 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    10
    25
    0
    Each team goes to the IT lab and using Google maps find the city's Old Town
  • Produce
    35
    1
    Using ThingLink.com they create the interactive map using the info they collected in the first step and the photographs they shot at the second step.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

Learning Experience

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