A BUILDING ON YOUR STREET Simon, Seymour.. New York: Holiday House, 1973.
- students learn to observe and measure carefully, to group, to make predictions;
- students learn to work in a scientific way;
- good series of ?s which can be answered based on observations.

DAILY LIFE IN A VICTORIAN HOUSE. Laura Wilson, Preservation, Washington, DC, 1993.
The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic This book looks at a household and its
social and historical background, combining photographs of artifacts, clothes and interiors
with text to present an intimate portrait of a Victorian home. $16.95. (Elementary)

A FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HOUSES, McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester.. New
York. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
-perhaps the best available handbook for stylistic identification and information

FIRST HOUSES, Native American Homes And Sacred Structures, Jean Guard Monroe,
Ray A. Williamson, Illustrated by Susan Johnston Carlson, Houghton Mifflin Company,
Boston 1993.
Legends associated with Native American houses and sacred structures describe the
setting of patterns for today's homes. The stories range from the earth lodge, to the tipi, to
the crystal house. $14.95. (Middle-Junior High)

FUN WITH ARCHITECTURE, David Eisen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and
Viking, A Division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York
10014, 1992.

35 RUBBER STAMPS, ARCHITECTURE GUIDEBOOK, INK PAD. $22.50. (Elementary)
HOUSES, STRUCTURES, METHODS, AND WAYS OF LIVING, Piero Ventura, Houghton
Mifflin Company, Boston,1993.
In this unique, accessible, and visually fascinating series, noted illustrator and author
Piero Ventura traces the intriguing history of human achievement and ingenuity. $ 16.95.
(Elementary)

HOUSE STYLES AT A GLANCE, Van Buren, Maurie.. Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991.
-good illustrations and concise descriptions.

HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What happens after they're built Brand, Stewart.. New York:
Viking Penguin, 1994.
- great photographs to support text showing how buildings change;
- text based on concepts of site, structure, skin, services, space plan, and stuff;

IDENTIFYING AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, Blumenson, John J.-G.. Nashville: American
Association for State and Local History, 1977.
-good illustrations and concise descriptions.

IDENTIFYING AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms,
1600-1845. John J. G. Blumenson. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1981.
This book enables the reader to determine styles and identify architectural terms by
comparing real buildings with the book's many photographs. All terms appear in an
extensive 16 -page index. $12.95. (High School)

I KNOW THAT BUILDING ,D'Alelio, Jane.. Washington: The Preservation Press, 1989.
30 architectural-ventures show what architecture is all about with good illustrations.

ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, Harris, Cyril M, ed.. New
York: Dover Publications, 1983.
-thorough definitions of architectural terms.

IMAGES OF AMERICAN LIVING: Four Centuries of Architecture and Furniture as
CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS. Gowans, Alan.. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
-a helpful source on interiors and exteriors.

MY BACKYARD HISTORY BOOK Weitzman, David.. Boston: Little, Brown and Company,
1975.
- over 30 activities described for children of all ages to learn their family history;
- descriptions are worded for children to understand without close adult supervision.

THE MYSTERY TOUR EXPLORING THE DESIGNED ENVIRONMENT WITH
CHILDREN, Balaban, Richard C.Washington: The Preservation Press, 1976.
- activities designed initially for 5-6th graders in a one-week sessions;
- involves a variety of the senses;
-set up as a journey, "looking at old places with new eyes and seeing more of ourselves in
the process."

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