Study the dramatic impact of speculative real estate investment on the New York skyline. Experience the Great Depression. Learn the economic cycles of “boom and bust” in the “Roaring Twenties” through two imagery books – “Sky boy” and “Sky Dancer”.
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– Recognize the vocabulary in the two books.
– Rephrase the two stories in your words.
– Tell us your thoughts on the constructors’ life in the stories orally or in a written format.
– Recognize the vocabulary in the two books.
– Rephrase the two stories by using the vocabulary you learned.
– Tell us your thoughts on the constructors’ life in the stories orally or in a written format.
– Draw the vocabulary in the two books.
– Rephrase the two stories by using the vocabulary you learned.
– Tell your thoughts and take-away orally (1 minute) or in a written format (300 words).
– Draw the vocabulary in the two books.
– Rephrase the two stories by using the vocabulary you learned.
– Compared with your experience and knowledge of the construction of contemporary skyscrapers, tell your thoughts and take-away orally (3 minutes) or in a written format (500 words).
Experience a skyscraper forest through the bird view, skyline, city plan, streetscape, and street view. Learn the history of a city.
Then, draw an experiential timeline of the development of a city. Tell us your experience and discovery in this time and space travel.
– Read the view names above.
– Referring to “Supporting materials”, point out a skyscraper that didn’t exist in the ’80s but was there in the ’90s.
– Inspired by the instructive questions, describe your observation and experience of the changes of the skyscraper and the city across the ’80s and ’90s.
– Read the view names above.
– Referring to “Supporting materials”, point out a skyscraper that didn’t exist in the ’80s but was there in the ’90s.
– Research for the city plans and street views around the skyscraper.
– Inspired by the instructive questions, describe your observation and experience of the changes of the skyscraper and the city across the ’80s and ’90s.
– Read the view names above.
– Select a skyscraper in your home city that didn’t exist in the ’80s but was there in the ’90s.
– Research for the views and history of the selected skyscraper before and after it’s built.
– Inspired by the instructive questions, narrate a story about the skyscraper and the changes it brought to the city.
– Read the view names above.
– Select a skyscraper in your home city that didn’t exist in the ’80s but was there in the ’90s.
– Research for the views and history of the selected skyscraper before and after it’s built.
– Inspired by the instructive questions, narrate a story about the skyscraper and the changes it brought to the city and people’s life.
Practice line drawing through drawing skylines. By drawing skylines, analyze how skyline changes. By analyzing the changes, predict the future skyline. By predicting the future, tell us a story from the past to the future. Checkout “Supporting materials” below for inspiration.
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– Research and analyze the tallest and the oldest skyscrapers in your city about the location, the year they built, heights, and the way they look (shape, materials, structure).
– Trace and overlay their outline on the same scale.
– Based on the research and the outline you drew, describe the differences orally or in a written format.
– Research and analyze the tallest, the oldest, and one another skyscraper in your city about the location, the year they built, heights, and the way they look (shape, materials, structure).
– Trace and layout each building’s outline in the same scale.
– Draw a continuous outline of the three.
– Based on the research and the outline, describe the changes overtime orally or in a written format.
– Research and analyze the tallest, the oldest, and one another skyscraper in your city about the year they built, heights, the way they look (shape, materials, structure), and their urban context.
– Draw and overlay skylines at their built time and your prediction for the future on the same scale.
– Based on the research and the skylines, describe the changes overtime orally (3 minutes) or in a written format (500 words).
– Research and analyze the tallest, the oldest, and one another skyscraper in your city about the year they built, heights, the way they look (shape, materials, structure), and their urban context.
– Draw and overlay skylines at their built time and your prediction for the future on the same scale.
– Based on the research and the skylines, describe the changes overtime orally (5 minutes) or in a written format (800 words).
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Bird View
Skyline
City plan
Streetscape
Street View
Reflect Day 1 Activity 3 for the definition of Skyline.
For more skyscrapers, here are the websites of The Skyscraper Center, SkyscraperPage, and The Skyscraper Museum.
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Line Drawing
Blueprint
Other Media
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