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Guide Author |
Mary Johnson |
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District |
Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 (retired) |
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Date Created |
04/18/2011 |
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Guide Description |
This guide is designed to meet the first four benchmarks of standard 11.5 by tracing the development of housing designs, and by analyzing interior designs and furnishings during various historical eras by examining photographs and documents pertaining to Minnesota architecture. These documents will provide clues to the societal and technological trends of the eras, particularly in the late 1800s to early 1900s. |
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Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide |
National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences |
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Grade Level |
9-12 |
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Learning Level |
Reinforced |
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National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional) |
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Source Format Emphasized |
Photographs, letters, and documents |
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Geographic Region Emphasized (optional) |
Central Minnesota |
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Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional |
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Standard Title |
National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences |
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Category |
Housing, Interiors & Furnishings |
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Strand |
Housing and Interior Design |
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Standard |
Analyze design and development of architecture, interiors, and furnishings through the ages. |
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
11.5.1 |
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Benchmark 1: text |
Describe features of furnishings that are characteristic of various historical periods. |
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
11.5.2 |
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Benchmark 2: text |
Explain societal and technological trends on periods of architecture and interior design through the ages. |
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Benchmark 3: standard number |
11.5.3 |
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Benchmark 3: text |
Illustrate the development of architectural styles throughout history. |
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Benchmark 4: standard number |
11.5.4 |
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Benchmark 4: text |
Compare and contrast historical architectural details to current housing and interior design trends. |
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Standard Title |
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
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Benchmark 1: text |
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
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Benchmark 2: text |
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Benchmark 3: standard number |
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Benchmark 3: text |
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Benchmark 4: standard number |
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Benchmark 4: text |
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Reading: standard number |
9.12.1 |
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Reading: standard text |
Cite specific textual visual or physical evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. |
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Math: standard number |
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Math: standard text |
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Media Literacy: standard number |
9.9.5.5 |
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Media Literacy: standard text |
Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. |
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Interdisciplinary Connection |
U. S. History / Minnesota History |
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Things to Think About |
This guide includes architectural styles and interiors/furnishings of houses and living spaces – additional resources are available for architectural styles and interiors/furnishings of businesses and churches. |
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Keywords |
Architecture, sod house, birchbark, home interiors, furnishings, Pantown |
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Other ideas (to assist with discovery) |
A topic such as floor plan leads to an entire book on a St. Paul Housing Project in 1933-35, and furniture leads to interesting information such as rules and living conditions in dorms at Winona and SCSU. Searching individual room terms such as kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room, and parlor, will provide additional written and visual sources. |
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Challenges to finding resources on this standard |
Many pictures are available depicting the exterior of houses, businesses, and churches throughout Minnesota from mid-1800 - 1920. The search of architecture was limited to central MN and the search for home interiors and furnishings was from the entire collection. The biggest challenge was in finding examples from later periods – see website at end of guide. |
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Title |
Date created |
Description |
Format (photo, map, letter ) |
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American Indian Home |
1890 |
Birchbark home near Ely, MN |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/irrc,1547
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Sod House |
1878 |
Home near Rockville |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,270
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Blonigan Home |
1878 |
Home near St. Martin |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,230
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Old Settlers of Arban |
1890 |
Farm House |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,238
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Frame House |
1900 |
First Frame House built north of Melrose |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,233
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John Wahl House |
1900 |
804 7th Ave S St. Cloud |
Photo |
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F. H. Dam Home |
1904 |
Corner of 5th Ave. and 4th St in St. Cloud |
Photo |
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Max Trantow Home |
1920 |
Trantow Home in Morris |
Photo |
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F. H. Dam Home |
1904 |
Interior Staircase |
Photo |
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F. H. Dam Home |
1904 |
Interior Parlor |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,172
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Henry and Effie Osborn Parlor |
1890 |
Interior Parlor in St. Paul Home |
Photo |
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Andrew Benson Home |
1904 |
Parlor decorated for a family wedding |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,280
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Letter from Harriet Fillebrown to J. Walter Fillebrown |
1886 |
Pages 1 and 4 include information on an oil stove |
Letter |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/white,79
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Guide to Government Aid |
1886 |
Description of government aid for household furnishings provided to victims in the Sauk Rapids Cyclone |
Govt. Brochure |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mhs,576
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Pantown Home |
1917 |
Pantown Home under construction in St. Cloud |
Photo |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,415
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1911 Plat Book of Red Lake and Pennington Counties |
1911 |
Advertising Section – The Fournet Furniture Store (sewing machines) and Hicks Furniture and Carpet Co. (pianos) |
Book |
http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/penn,288
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Since this guide focused on central Minnesota, The Stearns History Museum was the major collection used for photographs. |
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Although this guide uses homes as the basis of architectural design, there are many pictures depicting the exterior of businesses and churches throughout Minnesota from mid-1800 - 1920. In addition, there are interior pictures with furnishings from schools, university dorm rooms, hospitals, and the Minneapolis YWCA. |
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Students could compare/contrast different building materials and house styles. Students could identify prominent furnishings in homes and analyze the significance of the items in relation to the technology or the social trends of the period. For example, several photographs of parlors include pianos and the advertisement lists a store that sells pianos. Students could discuss why the piano was so prominent in homes and the role that the piano fulfilled in society. They could then compare/contrast the piano with forms of entertainment in homes today. |
Home Style Guide: Your Guide to Home Styles in North America and Beyondhttp://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/tp/housestylesindex.htm This website gives pictures and descriptions of house styles from different architectural periods from 1600 to present. |
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