Lesson Plans

Explore and research Wright’s Johnson Wax Administration Building, then create plans for a workspace of your own.

Define “community” by exploring the local community and creating an identity map.

A part of the Neighborhood & Cities series.

What makes up the ideal community? Explore how Wright’s unique design philosophy applies to city and neighborhood design.

A part of the Neighborhood & Cities series.

Investigate your community to explore private & public buildings and preservation. Then, design Wright-inspired buildings with recyclables.
A part of the Neighborhood & Cities series.

Study the floorplan design of Unity Temple, considering how the design may provoke an emotional response from the visitor.

Students model the shapes of Wright’s iconic designs through movement.

Consider how colors in nature can inspire the color palette of a building design. Practice mixing paint colors to closely match the palette of Fallingwater.

Explore how Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of organic design can be applied to a work of public art.

Study and evaluate Frank Lloyd Wright’s Midway Gardens before designing an entertainment center for today’s world.

Look at examples of Wright’s designs and explore the relationships between design elements through sketching.

Explore different types of line and how this design element can serve as a launching point for a design or work of art.

Examine the use of light and shadows in Wright’s work and relate it to the use of positive and negative space by creating linoleum cut tiles.