21St Century Instructional Guide for Career Technical Education s3

21st Century Instructional Guide for Career Technical Education

Housing and Interior Design

Human Services

Applied Design

Title: / Housing and Interior Design (0941)
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HS.S.ADHI.1 / Career Paths Within Textile Apparel and Design Industries
Students will analyze career paths within the housing, interiors and furnishings industry.
Essential Questions: / How does the design industry make an impact on careers and society?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.1.1 / explain the roles and functions of individuals engaged in housing, interiors and furnishings careers. / Have students explore possible careers in design and write a summary of their findings.
HS.O.ADHI.1.2 / analyze opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors. / Have students research entrepreneurial options related to housing environments and design using these and similar websites. Have them write an executive summary on the findings.
HS.O.ADHI.1.3 / summarize education, training and credentialing requirements and opportunities for career paths in housing, interiors and furnishings. / Research and summarize the findings on design careers:
http://www.iseek.org/sv/13120.jsp?id=11
Excellent site outlining multiple aspects of a career in either interior design or fashion merchandising. Statistics regarding trends, skills needed and job outlook listed.
Interior Design Jobs.com
http://www.interiordesignjobs.com/resources.asp
Career resource for Interior Design industry.
Internweb.com
Information about applying for internships as well as postings of internship positions and other
career information targeted to recent college graduates.
www.newurbanism.org Includes university programs focusing on the new urbanism movement.
HS.O.ADHI.1.4 / examine the impact of housing, interiors and furnishings occupations on local, state, national and global economies. / Have students research the topic of the economic impact of housing and design. Have them summarize their findings and present the findings to the class. The summary may be presented orally, by video, or by illustration.
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=112873&
http://www.encoredesigngroup.com/
Have students examine the Employee Free Choice Act, a major change in labor law that is now being considered by Congress. An in depth lesson is found at:
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=1055
HS.O.ADHI.1.5 / create an employment portfolio for use with applying for internships and work-based learning opportunities in housing, interiors and furnishings careers. / Develop a beginning portfolio of design work.
HS.O.ADHI.1.6 / analyze the role of professional organizations in housing, interiors and furnishings professions. / www.aia.org The American Institute of Architects. Go to “Emerging Professionals”
www.asid.org (American Society of Interior Designers) Professional information about interior design, working with designers, a design gallery, and a career center.
www.nahb.org National Association of Home Builders.
http://www.eonetwork.org/ entrepreneurial education www.realtormag.com (National Association of Realtors) Has a comprehensive search engine for access to articles ranging from housing styles to green building and more.
www.nahi.org National Association of Home Inspectors.
www.nahb.org National Association of Home Builders. Mission is to enhance the climate for housing and the building industry. One goal is providing and expanding opportunities for all consumers to have safe, decent, and affordable housing.
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HS.S.ADHI.2 / Housing Design Concepts
Students will evaluate housing design concepts in relation to available resources and options.
Essential Questions: / What is design and how does it affect our lives?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.2.1 / apply the principles and elements of design. / Have students plan and execute a design plan based on what they have learned.
HS.O.ADHI.2.2 / analyze the psychological impact that the principles and elements of design have on the individual. / Use the Intel Thinking Tools: Seeing Reason to determine the factors that determine a home’s design. From http://wvde.state.wv.us/intel/sample_units.html, go to the plan for grade_7-8_Art Design. During this project students will create a list of the factors that influence the design and purchase of homes. Students will determine and discuss various influences on home design and the degree to which these impact the design. They will take notes on these factors as it will influence the home design students will create.
HS.O.ADHI.2.3 / analyze the effects that the principles and elements of design have on aesthetics and function. / From http://wvde.state.wv.us/intel/sample_units.html, go to the plan for grade_7-8_Art Design. Use the Intel Thinking Tools: Visual Ranking to rank these considerations in architectural design:
Architectural Style
Community Needs
Cost
Socioeconomics
Future needs
Impact on the Community
Lifestyle of People using the Space
Location
Materials
Other buildings around Space
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HS.S.ADHI.3 / Meeting Specific Design Needs
Students will evaluate the use of housing and interior furnishings and products in meeting specific design needs.
Essential Questions: / How does design meet the needs of people?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.3.1 / analyze product information, including but not limited to floor coverings, wall coverings, textiles, window treatments, furniture, lighting fixtures, kitchen and bath fixtures and equipment. / Invite guest speakers: designers, local contractors and sub contractors. Provide a curricular trip to local home tours. Examine a variety of design materials from available sources. Organize the information in preparation for use.
HS.O.ADHI.3.2 / evaluate manufacturers, products and materials considering care, maintenance, safety and environmental protection issues. / Have students develop an electronic sourcebook of manufacturers, products and materials.
HS.O.ADHI.3.3 / demonstrate measuring, estimating, ordering, purchasing and pricing skills. / Have students design and produce a chair out of heavy cardboard. Students will brainstorm and sketch out various possibilities of their design. After they create several thumb nail sketches, students will examine styles and building materials. During this phase students will use the visual ranking tool to determine the most important factors to understand when creating their designs. The will also use the seeing reason tool to define the factors and their exact impact on the designs. Students will select the best design and prepare a model and multimedia presentation. Presentations can take the form of multimedia, video or websites. Presentations will include a 3-d model or final professional drawings.
Lesson plan for this project is found at http://wvde.state.wv.us/intel/sample_units.html, go to the plan for grade_7-8_Art Design.
Divide the students into groups of three. Each group will play the role as a “design firm.”
Have each group research various seating devices, looking at different solutions other designers have created. They should research materials and feasibility of producing different seating devices.
Using this information, students will put together a research paper citing at least four different examples, and including images and descriptions of the seating devices they researched. Students should list pros and cons of the various designs and materials they have researched, listing their solutions to the perfect seating device.
HS.O.ADHI.3.4 / appraise various interior furnishings, appliances and equipment that provide cost and quality choices for clients, considering first-cost and product life-cycle costing. / Gather data on which to base conclusions regarding quality and value of furnishings, appliances, and equipment. Categorize the information to use in the sourcebook.
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HS.S.ADHI.4 / Technology-Based Design Skills for the Housing, Interiors and Furnishings Industry
Students will demonstrate technology- based planning skills required for the housing, interiors and furnishings industry.
Essential Questions: / What skills are necessary in a design career?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.4.1 / explain information provided on blue prints. / Examine blueprints and floor plans to determine the information they contain. Develop a project that provides the opportunity to design a floor plan and furnish a completed room. This project is also covered in HS.O.ADHI.2.1
Have students design a classroom for a specific grade.
HS.O.ADHI.4.2 / evaluate floor plans for efficiency and safety.
HS.O.ADHI.4.3 / draw an interior space to mathematically accurate scale using correct architecture symbols.
HS.O.ADHI.4.4 / arrange furniture placement with reference to principles of design, traffic flow, activity and existing architectural features.
HS.O.ADHI.4.5 / utilize applicable building codes, universal guidelines and regulations in space planning.
HS.O.ADHI.4.6 / create floor plans using current design software.
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HS.S.ADHI.5 / Architectural and Furniture Design
Students will analyze influences on architectural and furniture design and development.
Essential Questions: / Why does design have impact on culture?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.5.1 / describe features of furnishings that are characteristic of various historical periods. / www.greatbuildings.com This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, bibliographies, and web links. Closely linked to Architectural Digest magazine.
HS.O.ADHI.5.2 / explain how prosperity, mass production and technology are related to the various periods. / Have students develop an architectural timeline to post in the classroom.
Have them develop a presentation on how architecture has evolved to fit current lifestyles.
http://www.realtor.com/Basics/AllAbout/TypesStyles/Index.asp
Utilize the lesson plan at Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum- Smithsonian titled “Connecting the Dots? Geometry & Architecture”. A lesson plan is available at http://www.educatorresourcecenter.org/view_lesson.aspx?lesson_plan_id=631 Introduce students to a classroom application of geometry and architecture.
1.  As a class, view the brief video entitled “Geometry in the Real World: Students as Architects.”
Visit the website at http://www.edutopia.org/, click on “Video Library” on the sidebar, and scroll to the title “Geometry in the Real World: Students as Architects.”
2.  Discuss students’ reactions to the film. Use the following questions as guidelines:
·  What did you learn about geometry from the video?
·  What did you learn about architecture from the video?
·  How are geometry and architecture related?
HS.O.ADHI.5.3 / illustrate the development of architectural styles throughout history.
HS.O.ADHI.5.4 / compare and contrast historical architectural details to current housing and interior design trends.
HS.O.ADHI.5.5 / analyze future design and development trends in architecture, interiors, furniture and furnishings.
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HS.S.ADHI.6 / Client's Needs, Goals and Resources
Students will evaluate client's needs, goals and resources in creating design plans for housing, interiors and furnishings.
Essential Questions: / What do I need to know to meet client needs?
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.6.1 / assess human needs, safety, space and technology related to housing and interior design goods. / www.greenbuildingstudio.com Industry’s leading provider of building energy analysis tools.
www.epa.gov
www.nahb.org – National Association of Home Builders. Go to → “Resources” in the header. Go to → “Consumers.” Go to → “For the Classroom.”
www.hud.gov/buying/index.cfm Go to → “Buying A Home.”
www.usbgc.org Type “LEED” in Search window.
www.buildgreenkc.com Related green building web sites.
HS.O.ADHI.6.2 / review community, family and financial resources needed to achieve client’s housing and interior goals. / www.extension.iastate.edu/universaldesign/ Go to → “Resources” Information on Iowa State University Universal Design for Better Living Project with excellent power point presentations on home modifications and universal design features.
www.greatbuildings.com This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, bibliographies and web links.
http://ncsudesign.org/content/ North Carolina State University Center for Universal Design. Universal design modifications and examples of home construction, projects, and the NCSU educational program.
www.AARP.org Site for information on housing and the aging.
HS.O.ADHI.6.3 / assess a variety of available resources for housing and interior design. / Addressed in course projects.
HS.O.ADHI.6.4 / critique design plans that address client's needs, goals and resources. / Develop a client profile. Have each student select a design plan and present it to classmates. Ddecide which design best meets the criteria.
www.improvenet.com Information on the design process, a design gallery, home plans, interactive project estimators, and project planning guide with a nationwide team of home improvement experts.
www.eplans.com Online source of more than 10,000 home plans.
http://www.homesofourown.org/class.asp National Association of Home Builders. Free interactive simulation.
HS.O.ADHI.6.5 / justify design solutions relative to client needs and the design process. / Have students brainstorm an exhaustive list of potential clients and their needs and wants. Categorize according to age, gender, culture, physical limitations, income, preferences in design. Put the tags in to the appropriate basket. Have students select a tag from each basket. They will design a room based on the selections. After the design is complete, have them present the design and justify their choices.
HS.O.ADHI.6.6 / apply design knowledge, skills, processes and theories with oral, written and visual presentation skills to communicate design ideas. / http://www.missouri.edu/~yoons/ Dr. So Yeon Yoon, University of Missouri faculty with computer graphics and design communications – examples of student projects
http://www.missouri.edu/~uddinm/ Dr. M. Saleh Uddin, University of Missouri Architectural Studies. Computer graphics and design communications.
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HS.S.ADHI.7 / Studio Tools
Students will select appropriate studio tools.
Essential Questions:
Objectives: / Students will / Learning Plan & Notes to Instructor:
HS.O.ADHI.7.1 / demonstrate illustrative sketching, presentation of color, materials and furnishings in preparation of renderings, elevations and sketches. / http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/element/element.htm (Charlotte Jirousek, Cornell University). An online illustrated textbook about the elements of design.
www.roomreview.com/elementspages/elementslev1.htm (Room Review) Select the links for illustrations of the different elements of design.
http://icom.museum/ (International Council of Museums). Directory of online museums.
www.sanford-artedventures.com. Select the “Study art” link to find illustrated articles about the use of design elements.
www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibInArt.html. The golden section in art, architecture, and music with illustrations and links.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.golden.ratio.html The golden ration, Fibonacci Sequence, and golden rectangle with illustrations and descriptions plus links for more information.
HS.O.ADHI.7.2 / prepare visual presentations including legends, keys and schedules. / Address this objective in the projects.
HS.O.ADHI.7.3 / utilize a variety of presentation media such as photography, video, computer and software for client presentations. / www.armstrong.com/home/us/en/ Interactive room viewer that where the user can select flooring options, cabinet colors, and wall colors.
http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/ CAD demos, downloads, and a showcase of award-winning designs. Includes an on-line magazine.