ARCITECHTURE: A VISUAL HISTORY

ARCHITECHTURE: A VISUAL HISTORY by Jonathan Glancey

Okay, here's Share #2 of what I'm incorporating into our homeschool studies this year. This will be my fourth pass through World History for high school! Whew! As I shared before, my son is showing interest in architecture and engineering, so I thought I'd change his World History up a bit. I've got the curriculum I typically use, but I'm going to add in a look at the structures during the key time periods. The first book that I've purchased to go along with this study is DK's Architecture: A Visual History. This beautiful book goes through 350 buildings over the history of the world. I chose this book, because it looks like a good foundational book that we can then launch even deeper from if we choose. This will be a work in progress as we go throughout the year, but I'm looking forward to adding an element that will customize this study a bit to my son!

UPDATE - This was such a fun addition for my son. Instead of doing traditional art curriculum, he began choosing one of these buildings once a week to build out of cardboard and then paint it. He became very proficient with the x-acto knife and a glue gun. It was unbelievable what he created, and I have an amazing collection as a result!