O.H.I.O.-- Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization

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Books Bibliography for School Teachers


Architecture
Abhau, Marcy, ed. Architecture in Education: A Resource of Jmaginative Ideas and Tested Activities. (Philadelphia: Foundation for Architecture, 1986).

D'Alelio, Jane. I Know That Building! Discovering Architecture with Activities and Games. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1989).

Dobrin, Peter and Helen I. Driggs. Start Exploring Architecture Coloring Book. (Philadelphia: Running Press, 1993). Sixty international architectural landmarks to color.

Guilfoil, Joanne K. American Architects (Aspen, CO: Crystal Productions, 1997). Biographies and activities about the lives and projects of twelve American architects.

Ham, Jan. Structural Design Challenges: Design Technologv Projects for grades 3-& (Franklin, Massachusetts; jlh-arch, 1996).

Olsen, Michele Rojek and Gary L. Olsen. Archi-teacher: A Guide to Architecture in the Schools. (Champaign, Illinois: Center for Art and Architecture, n.d.)

Wilson, Forrest. What It Feels Like to be a Building (Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1988). A whimsical look at building architecture using human body's as the building blocks.

Winters, Nathan B. Architecture is Elementary: Visual Thinking Through Architectural Concepts (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1986). A comprehensive book of lesson plans and activities for teaching architectural concepts in the schools.

Local and Community Historv

An Evaluation of Built Environment Education in the Curriculum: A Study to Identify Methods for Integration, Teaching Strategies and Alternative Assessment for Built Environment Education. (Prarie Village, KS: Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1994). An assessment of the Center's classroom projects, especially Walk Around the Block.

Colorful Historic Oberlin (Oberlin, Ohio: Friends of Oberlin, n.d.). A coloring book featuring many of the historic building and sites in Oberlin.
Inventory America Jr. (field kit, teacher's guide, student's workbook) (Prarie Village, KS: Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1996). An activity set in which students study a particular community building from a variety of perspectives.

ViewFinders: A Visual Environmental Literacy Curriculum: Elementary Unit, Exploring Communitv Appearances and the Environment. (Warwick, RI: The Dunn Foundation, 1996).

Walk Around the Block (Prarie Village, Kansas: Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1992). A teacher and student work book about discovering the history, architecture, and functioning of the surrounding community.

Barricelli, Peter. Create a Co-op City: A Cooperative Adventure Using Architecture and Design. (Waterville, ME: J.L.B. Enterprises, 1997). A classroom project book similar to Box City.

Dooner, Vincetta DiRocco and Jean Marie Bossu. Seasons of Life and Learning: Lake View Cemetery, An Educator's Handbook (Lake View Cemetery Association, Cleveland, OH, 1995). A book of projects and activities for the Cleveland Lake View Cemetery, and an example of cemetery based education.

Eberhart, Francis, ed. The Community as Classroom: A Teacher 's Manual (Historic Districts Press of New York, 1988). A teacher's guide to using the city as a medium for study.

Graves, Ginny. 10 Community Connections: Thing You Can Do! (Prarie Village, KS: Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1997). A book of program and project ideas.

Graves, Ginny and Dean Graves. Box City: An Interdisciplinary Experience in Community Planning. (Prarie Village, KS: Center for Understanding the Built Environment, 1997). A program and planning book for implementing a Box City project in the classroom.

Kyvig, David E. and Myron A. Marty, general editors. The Nearby History Series (Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1982-1990). This series is a tremendous resource for doing local history. It presently consists of the general overview Nearby History: Expoloring the Past Around You, as well as five other books: Local Schools, Houses and Homes, Public Places, Places of Worship, and Local Businesses.

White, Charles S. and Kathleen A. Hunter. Teaching with Historic Places: A Curriculum Framework for Professional Training and Development of Teachers, Preservation ists, and Museum and Site Interpreters. (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1995).


Other Historv Resources

Cobblestone: The History Magazine for Young People (Peterborough, NH). A longtime children's magazine with stories, games, and activities relating to American history.

History Project Ideas and Lesson Plans for Teachers and Historical Societies (Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, 1998). A collection of project ideas for both in classroom and out-of-classroom experiences.

True Needs, True Partners: Museums and Schools Transforming Education. (Washington, D.C.: Institute of Museum Services, 1996). A collection of examples and models of education and museum partnership programs.

Beard, Daniel Carter. The American Boy's Handy Book. (Lincoln, Massachusetts: Nonpareil Books, 1996). Reprint of the classic 1890 book of indoor and outdoor pastimes.

Beard, Lina and Adelia B. The American Girls Handy Book (Lincoln, Massachusetts: Nonpareil Books, 1995). Reprint of the classic 1887 book of indoor and outdoor pastimes.

England, J. Merton, ed. Buckeye Schoolmaster: A Chronicle ofMidwestern Rural Life,1853-1865. (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Press, 1996).

Trinkle, Dennis A., Dorothy Auchter, Scott A. Merriman, and Todd E. Larson. The History Highway: A guide to Internet Resources (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1997. A comprehensive listing of over 1,000 internet sites relevant to historical studies.