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Teacher Resource Guides
The Preservation Society of Newport County welcomes teachers and students to its historic properties. Over two centuries of American history, art and cultural development are represented in Newport's historic buildings, which are an ideal learning laboratory for students.
The Teachers' Resource Guides provide suggested lesson plans, tour transcripts and reference materials to support learning standards for elementary students. Lesson plans adhere to Rhode Island Learning Standards in the Arts and English Language Arts.
Newport's historic buildings allow for an interdisciplinary approach to looking at art and history. We hope you enjoy using the material in the Teachers' Resource Guides.
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To arrange for student group tours of Preservation Society properties, please contact our Group Tours Department via email to Groups@NewportMansions.org
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Grades 4 - 8
Marble House was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. It was built between 1888 and 1892 as a birthday gift for Mr. Vanderbilt's wife Alva, who imagined Marble House to be her "temple to the arts."
The Marble House Mythology and Architecture Tour allows students to explore the idea that buildings do not just appear - they are created from the ideas and hands of architects. An architect begins the creative process with inspiration. This inspiration can come from many sources, including other buildings and works of art, life, feelings, materials, nature, history and people. Marble House (1888-1892) was a home designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, but greatly influenced by its owner Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt. Alva loved architecture, history, the mythology of the Greeks and Romans as well as the architecture of the Kings and Queens of Europe.
Click on the icon below to view the Marble House Teachers Guide. You may then read it onscreen, download it to your computer, or print it.
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Grade 3
Many years ago a lady named Miss Alice Brayton spent her summers in her family's summer house beside the Narragansett Bay. Her father, Mr. Brayton, decided to make a garden, so he hired a gardener, Mr. Carreiro, who began planting a garden filled with bushes and trees cut into the shapes of animals. The garden of animals was so special that Miss Alice called this house and its gardens "Green Animals".
The Green Animals History on Site Program enables students to understand the art of gardens. Individual imagination and creativity of students is cultivated through lesson plans and a tour focused on the artistic evaluation of Green Animals.
Click on the icon below to view the Green Animals History on Site Teachers Guide. You may then read it onscreen, download it to your computer, or print it. | |
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