Galleries on the Go–ARCHITECTURE

Fulfills these requirements:

Mathematics, Geometry and Spatial Skills for Grade 2
Describe and create plane figures: circle, rectangle, square, triangle, etc., and identify them in the environment.

Sort and compare 2-dimensional figures and 3-dimensional objects.

Social Studies, History Standard, Benchmark C, Indicator 3 for Grade 3
Growth–Describe changes in the community over time including changes in: Business, Architecture, Physical features.

Program Description
Classroom: Reflect on the history of development along the Ohio River and exercise critical thinking skills to determine why the Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft house was built here.
Field Trip: Enjoy a scavenger hunt for architectural details and a variety of interior and exterior forms of decoration.
Studio: Make a building using collage to reinforce vocabulary of architectural and geometric forms.

Galleries on the Go is made possible with the generous support of the
Docents of the Taft Museum of Art

Fine Arts Fund Partner
Frisch’s Restaurants