Architecture: Greece, Rome, New York City

9th GRADE GLOBAL HISTORY ASSIGNMENT

Ancient Greece and Rome had incredible influences on architecture in New York City. Neoclassicism in the mid to late 1700's and the Greek Revival movement of the first half of the 1800's, were both inspired by the ancient Greek and Romans. Just like when a current musician samples an old school beat, architects use fundamentals from ancient designs. A lot of the buildings we see everyday in New York City were designed specifically to recall a different time in history. Learn all about these styles of architecture with the following assignment.

DIRECTIONS
First: READ ABOUT GREECE AND ROME - Concentrate on the architecture. (Use your text book, and websites provided below.) Take notes and become an expert. Make sure to pay particular attention to vocabulary words used to describe arches and pillars and other architectural structures, you'll need those for your essay!

Then: Follow the MAP below to all of the NEOCLASSIC and GREEK REVIVAL buildings right here in NYC. Take photos of yourself in front of EACH of the 10 buildings. You might want to bring a friend. This will probably take more than one day of adventuring.

Next: Observe similarities and differences between ancient Greek and Roman architecture and that of the neoclassic and Greek revival styles. Take notes. Complete a Venn Diagram.

Last: Write an essay where you compare and contrast the buildings of ancient Rome and Greece with the buildings in NYC you visited. Be sure to use examples from what you read as well as examples from what you observed. Your essay is to be at least 250 words, typed and double-spaced. When you hand in your essay you must hand in the following items:

• Photos of you at each of the 10 locations
• The VENN DIAGRAM you created
• A rough draft of your essay
• A final copy of your essay
  

* Be sure to spell-check and have edit, points will be deducted for incorrect grammar, punctuation or spelling.

RESOURCES:
ROME
http://www.2020site.org/rome/
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/roman_arch.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/rome.html
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Romearch1.html

GREECE AND ROME

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/index.html

GREECE

http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/greek.htm
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/greek_arch.html
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/greek.html
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecearch1.html

MAP
MAP NEOCLASSIC/GREEK REVIVAL NYC