Lesson Plans

Learn how Wright included the sun in his designs through natural light and passive solar heating. Create sun prints using natural materials.

Identify causes and effects in Wright’s life using Rosenstock and Neal’s Prairie Boy. Sketch a design for a unique home.

Push the boundaries of architecture by creating an innovative design and building a 3-D model to scale.

Research and explore how Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative materials and technologies “broke the box” of traditional architecture.

Explore the unique characteristics of the Prairie style while creating a large-scale cardboard model.

Draw inspiration from biomimicry and organic design to design and build architectural sculptures.

Learn about illustrator and artist Maginel Wright Enright, the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright, and use her art as inspiration for your own Felt Collage or Yarn Art.

Study Wright’s art glass designs, then employ the medium of printmaking to create a Wright-inspired art glass print.

Explore the idea of abstract art in this matching game lesson. Using Frank Lloyd Wright’s work as a springboard, work together to match abstracted works of art to their real-life inspirations.

Transform classroom windows and walls into colorful displays of Wright inspired art glass designs.

Explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s interest in geometry and nature to collaboratively create Wright-inspired flower bouquets.

Explore traditional Japanese home design and redesign a space in your own home.