Purpose:
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To teach various roof types.
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Objective:
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To have the students become familiar with different types of roofs.
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Method:
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The student will receive information sheet containing sketches of roof types. The teacher will explain how each roof type differs.
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Variation:
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The student will record in school area roof types, using handout sheet to identify various roof types.
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Roof Types
(figure available in print form)
PROBLEMS:
Listed below at the left are characteristics of houses. Match each with house type. Check under the type that has the characteristic.
Characteristics
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Old English
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Georgian
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Elizabethan
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Masonry walls
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Two stories
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Many gables
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Tile or slate roof
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Double hung windows
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Shutters
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Balustrades
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Balconies
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Stucco Walls
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Greek design
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Low roof
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Decorative
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TRUE—FALSE
Directions: If the statement is true, circle the T. If the statement is false, circle the F.
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F
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1. A building with a symmetrical exterior usually is more pleasing than one that is unsymmetrical.
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2. If a building is in good balance, has good proportion of its parts, is to scale and has rhythm, it presents a feeling of unity.
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3. Since the rear of a house is seldom seen, it is not necessary to consider it when styling the house.
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4. The major influence upon Colonial American residential architecture came from Asia.
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5. The Old English house was not symmetrical.
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6. The Old English house was built primarily by the poor.
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7. The English Tudor house closely resembled the Old English.
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8. The Cape Cod cottage usually is two stories high.
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9. Victorian houses were usually single story with a gable roof.
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10. The original Ranch Houses were built right on the ground and had dirt floors.
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Identify the following types of roofs:
(figure available in print form)
VOCABULARY
Words listed will provide students assignments in their textbooks or dictionaries for meaning of each word and use each word in a sentence.
angle
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face brick
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apron
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fascia
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arch
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gable roof
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baluster
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hip roof
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beam
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lintel
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bridging
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masonry
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casement
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mullion
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column
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pitch
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corbel
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shingles
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double-hung window
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sill
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eave
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tangent
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