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partnership with architects, historians, city planners, andartists--this guide identifies the ways that built environmenteducation can be introduced into every area of the curriculum. Afield trip planning sheet is included to ensure proper planning.Several activities relating to the Liberty Memorial (Kansas City,Missouri) are also provided. These activities include cut and pasteprojects, visual discrimination exercises of architectural elements,a mathematical quiz, and a scavenger hunt relating to the field trip.The activities and projects are designed to foster appreciation andpreservation of the built environment. A list of 19 additionalresources is given. (PPB)

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Prepared by teachers, tested by teachers, improved by teachers in partnership witharchitects, historians, city planners and artists Architivity: Liberty Memorialidentifies the ways that built environment education can be introduced into "teachablemoments" of every curriculum area: history, science, economics, politics and the arts.It provides practical applications developing all skills: reading, writing, speaking, math,and exercising all thinking skill levels. Although site specific, it can serve as a prototypeguide for teaching about other manmade structures in any community.

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Architivity Liberty Memorial is a cooperative effort of the Kansas City AIA and theArchiNet organization, teachers and architects working together to create understandingof the built environment. Future landmark curriculum guides are planned.

Architivity: Liberty Memorial is bound in the flexible ltoya portfolio with pocket pagesLwhich permits inclusion of additional materials and brochures. All Information in the guideis reproducible for education purposes. One resource book can serve many classroomsand schools.

To order a copy of Architivity: Liberty Memorial, send a check or Money Order for$23 (includes postage and handling) to American-Institute of Architects, Attn: Architivity:Liberty Memorial, 20 W. 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105.

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INTRODUCTION

The American institute of Architects,locally and nationally, is active insupporting environmental education effortsin the schools. Graduate courses for credit,tours, and in-school experiences are just afew of the areas in which architects andteachers are collaborating to make environ-mental education a part of each student'severyday life.

Teachers are responding to this effortwith their own programming. A group ofteachers is networking to promote environ-mental education. Archi-Net began inKansas City as a direct result of the AIAprograms. It is these teachers whosponsored the idea of concentrating on aparticular city landmark, Liberty Memorial,as a focus for more in-depth field tripplanning. The University of MissouriKansas City joined in this Iffort and offereda class specifically designed to featurethis monument.

Members of the class and members of theArchi-Net organization processed classinformation and then compiled theirfindings into this interdisciplinary field tripguide, Architivity: Liberty Memorial,with emphasis on the sometimes over-looked environmental and architecturalfeatures of the Memorial. It is hopedthat this basic model, which providesenrichment for social studies, writing,mathematics, music, and art, will reachevery type of leamer and reach into everycurriculum area. Its format can serve as aprototype-for-guides-to-landmarks, not justin Kansas City, but elsewhere.

Dissemination of the materials will occuron several levels. For educators.Architivity: Liberty Memorial will be

available at the Memorial office, in areaschool resource centers, and through theAIA office for reference and duplicating. ALiberty Resource Box with additionalprojects and information will also behoused at the Memorial. In order to callpublic attention to the importance of thislandmark, Archi-Net, in collaboration withthe AIA, planned a community-basedactivity at Spirit Festival, the Fourth of Julycelebration held on the grounds of theMemorial. You will see Spirit programpages incorporated into the field trip guide.On the next page you will read more aboutthe Archi-Net/AIA team at Spirit Festival.We hope you enjoy and use our first fieldtrip guide, Architivity: LibertyMemorial.

Ginny Graves, EditorKaren Dell, Curriculum Advisor

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Activities for Children

A Message To Parents ...What is the 4th of July to a five year old? When I

was a five year old in Kansas City, the 4th of Julymeant spending a full day at a sw:mming pool and eat-ing grilled hot dogs for dinner. Once darkness began tofall, it meant piling into the station wagon with sistersand brothers and cousins and neighbors, driving to aspecial parking lot, sitting on the roof of the car (aonce-a-year-only treat) and watching distant fire-works. It was our country's birthday.

It's wonderful piece of childhood.So what is the 4th of July in the eyes of today's five

year olds? What is Spirit? We hope that it is somethingvery special, for the Spirit Festival is a Festival forfamilies. That has been a fundamental principle sincethe notion of the festival was conjured up more thanthree and a half years ago.

And this program is for families. On the followingpages, you will see a variety of activities for familiesnot children families. Thanks to the help of a groupof local teachers called Archi-Net, we've provided anumber of exercises, games, projects and ideas that,along with your interaction, will stretch the minds ofyour children.

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While you're working together on the activities, weencourage ycu to come to the Architivity booth in thechildren's area on the festival grounds. There you'llfind the Archi-Net teachers who designed this sectionas well as local architects who are ready to help yourchildren make their own creations with the 20,000Lego blocks on hand. There are also large sheets ofpaper (big enough for even the most active imagina-tion) and Crayola Markers for special idea sessionswith the teachers. We've also prepared a series of 4hints that will help you with some of the mindbendersin the quizzes and puzzles. There is a Contest on thenext page; rules and more information are available atthe booth.

Thanks to Archi-Net and The American Institute -rof Architects we're able to help you snape the notionof Spirit in the minds of your children. We also hopethat we you as parents, we as friends are con-tributing to some pretty wonderful childhoodmemories for the next generation of adults.

Aimee Larrabee

KANSAS CITY SPIRIT

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Class membersElise AlbertMarilyn AufdembergeJane BoswellAnnette CollisonEvelyn ChildersTom CreamerBob DavisCharlotte DavisKaren DellVicki EllisSue FarleyJoanne FrenchJudith HarrelsonJulie HitchcockDebbie MouldenCarol Ann Rau

IllustrationsJeff De GasperiLouanne HeinJulie HitchcockAnne HuntNan JosephsonKeith Kr, egerCraig PattersonCharlie PcdrebaracMike SavageJill Wright

DonationsCardinal Office Supply, Inc.The Forum for ArchitectureHallmark Cards, Inc.Kansas City Chapter, AIAKansas City

Life Insurance CompanyMid-America Arts AllianceMissouri Council of

ArchitectsSpirit Festival Committee

Liberty MemorialMark BeveridgeCarol DageJoan Huse

Archi -NetPunky BeasleyJudith BoisBarbara VoelmDebbie Lemer

Friends of the BuiltEnvironment

Marilyn EbersoleLynn JonesAimee" LarrabeeRon PoplauFranz ResselUniversity of Missouri

Kansas City

Historic Kansas CityFoundation

Doran Cart

AIA AdvisorySteve AbendKen GrahamDean GravesJane TemplemanLinda Young

AIA Tours CommitteeJoe OshiverBill Strong

EditorGinny Graves

Curriculum AdvisorKaren Dell

This project is supported by agrant from the NationalEndowment fe re Arts inWashington, D.C., a Federalagency, and is made possiblethrough the cooperation of theForum for Architecture.

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Introduction 2Spirit Festival 3Contributors 4Table of Contents 5How to Use: Architivity Liberty Memorial 6Resources 7Field Trip Planning Sheet 8Bus Route (Enclosure: Landmark Map) 9Site Plan (Enclosure: Memorial Brochure) 10Museum Plan 11

Background: The Liberty Memorial 12How to Use: Liberty Memorial Poster 13Liberty Memorial Poster 14,15The War 16Discussion Technique 17Scavenger Hunt 18,19How to Use: Project Files 20,21Art: Cut and Paste 22Art and Writing: (Enclosure: Women in War) 23Visual Discrimination::Kansas City Skyline 24,25The Great Frieze (Enclosure) 26Writing 27Math 28,29Computer Graphics 3iWord Search 31Liberty Memorial Model 32,33The Mystery of the Spirit Dot 34,35Kansas City Trivia Game Board 36,37Logic Problem 38Learn and Win Quiz 39Extending Student Thinking 40Special Places 41

City Beautiful Movement 42City Beautiful Award 43Answers: Math, Word Search, Quiz 44Additional Resource Pockets 45,46Archi-Net Membership Form 47

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Dear Educator:

This field trip guide consists of 24Resource Pockets, each side capable ofenclosing not just one page, but abrochure or multiple pages. We hope youwill like the flexibility of this format.Permission has been received from allcontributors to make copies for educationalpurposes. Some pages will be appropriatefor your particular subject matter or gradelevel and others will not. Please take alook at all of the activities with the idea ofadapting to your needs those which are tooeasy or too difficult. Built environmenteducation fits into all curriculum areas:history, science, geography, math,reading, writing, art and music. You willprobably want to create a personalizedguide especially for your own files.

The Liberty Resource Box housed at theLiberty Memorial Museum containsadditional materials for your use: some areproject ideas which teachers have alreadyworked out for their classrooms. Othersare lists or scripts which are too extensiveto be contained in this book. On the nextpage you will see a list of some of the hemscontained in the Resource Box. Pleaseask the Museum attendant for access tothis material.

Feel free to use the American Institute ofArchitects and the Archi-Net organizationas community resources. Teachers in theArchi-Net organization will be happy toshare their field trip experiences with you.(Archi-Net membership information is onpage 47.) The AIA has prepared a scriptto use when visiting the Memorial with yourclass. It is contained in the LibertyResource Box. If you have further

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When you have finished using theArchitivity: Liberty Memorial field tripguide, please return all pages to theirResource Pockets for use by the nextilnvironmental enthusiast. In the emptypockets at the end, you may wish toinclude and share whatever special projectyou devise for use at this remarkable site.

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BibliographyCity Beautiful Movement. William H. Wilson.Kansas City Missouri: An Architectural History. George Ehrlich.Kansas City. The Kansas City Chaptsr of the American Institute of Architects.Kansas City. A Place in Time. The Landmarks Commission of Kansas City, Missouri.Other materials are available for research by calling for an appointment, 816-221-1918.

MoviesSergeant YorkFarewell to ArmsAll Quiet on the Western FrontWhat Price Glory?Investigate usual film sources as well as videotape rentals.

Kansas City Missouri Public LibraryThe Missouri Valley Room contains vertical files with newspaper clippings and out of printpublications on early Kansas City. Call 816-221-2685 for information.

Popular SongsThe Field Artillery SongHow You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?It's a Long Way to TipperaryK-K-K- KatyOh! How I Hate to Get Up in the MorningOver There

VisualsSlides of Liberty Memorial, both up-to-date and during construction, and dedication.Check out from AIA Office (221-3485).

World War I Poster CollectionPoster show travels. Call museum to see what is currently on display. See "Women inWar brochure for further information. War posters may be ordered from the NationalArchives. Trade Posters, Dept. 702, Washington, D.C. 20408.

Walking Tour ScriptA walking tour of the architecture, art, and sculpture of the Liberty Memorial Torch ofLiberty, Museum buildings and surroundings has been prepared by the American Instituteof Architects. It is available in its entirety in the Liberty Resource Box.

FIELD TRIP1PLANNING SHEET

Place/Destination...liberty Memorial Teachers Name

Address 100 West 26th Street

Phone 816-221-1918 Contact person

Hours Open. Days Open Charges

Transportation: Bus Car Car Insurance Form

On-Site Guide Length of tour Self guided

Time of departure from school Expected return time to school

Preparation Guide:principaVoffice notifiednumber goingschool district field trip formcafeteria notifiedspecial teachers notified

music, art, physical education, librarydriving route devised with routing past

major landmarks

On-Site Check List:LunchesDrinking FountainRestroomsSnack BarSpending moneyPermission SlipsArt SuppliesCamerasClip Boards and pencilsLiberty Memorial ScriptCameras

rules reviewed withpupils/parents

nametagsmicrophone orderedrain planappropriate clothing

for windy site

Possible Data Retrieval SheetsScavenger HuntMuseum PianSkylineLandmark MapLiberty Quiz

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School buses are noisy. Use this map as well as commentary on the bus to providestudents an extra bonus from the field trip: exposure not just to the field trip sites, but to thetotal built environment of Kansas City. Hoover Brothers Audio Visual 913-649-8088(Kansas), or 816-221-7663 (Missouri) rents a portable microphone called a Tour Guide.It is light weight and can also be carried for your tour of the Liberty Memorial environment.Your school district may also have such equipment available. Bus companies normallywill take the most expeditious, and least visually interesting trafficway unless you, theeducator, request a more culturally -ris± driving route.

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LIBERTY MEMORIAL COMPLEXThe Liberty Memorial was built as amonument to the men and women whoserved in the First World War. This warlasted from 1914-1918. As soon as thewar ended, Kansas Citians began to plan amemorial. One out of every four people inKansas City donated money to help buildthe Memorial.

THE DESIGN COMPETITIONThe Committee of 100, made up ofinfluential Kansas City leaders, voted onthe form of the Memorial. They consideredmany things, even a stadium, but voted fora museum. Before people knew what thememorial would look like, they knew whereit would be. At that time, the train stationwas the center of activity for Kansas City.There was a wooded hill to the southoverlooking the impressive new UnionStation. This land was purchased and well-known architects were invited to enter acontest to see who would design thememorial. The American Institute ofArchitects agreed to review the drawings.The winner was H. Van Buren Magonigle,a New York architect. The Memorial wasbuilt at an actual cost of $2,082,000. TheCommittee of 100 became the LibertyMemorial Association. Today, thisorganization is responsible for themanagement of the Memorial.

THE DESIGNThe design of the Memorial Shaft and sidebuildings is strongly mechanical, exhibitingall of the characteristics of technology.Nonessentials were stripped away. Itexpressed the new taste and architecturalexpression of the future. Its plan and

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DEDICATIONSThe site of the Memorial was dedicatedduring the American Legion Convention onNovember 1, 1921. At the ceremony, thefive great military leaders of the UnitedStates, Great Britain, France, Italy andBelgium met together for the first time.Their pictures can be seen in Memory Hall.

The Liberty Memorial was completed in1926 and dedicated on November 11 ofthat year. (November 11 was the date in1918 when the "cease fire" or Armisticewent into effect. Now that date is calledVeterans Day.) President Calvin Coolidgetraveled by train from Washington, D.C., tospeak. 150,000 people came to hear himand to see the dedication.

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THE COMPLEXThe Liberty Memorial complex is made upof these elements: the Memorial Shaft; theWorld War I Museum on the west; MemoryHall on the east; the two Sphinxes and theGreat Frieze.

The 217 foot stone tower is the centralelement of the Memonal. The form of theshaft evolved from the necessity for strongshadows which woula make it visible atgreat distances. The purpose of the shaftis to carry on high the censer in whichbums the Flame of Inspiration. In actuality,there is no fire, but only a flame effect. It iscreated by a combination of white, orangeand red Gghtbulbs and steam fromopenings in an eight foot circular pipewhich is connected to the heating system.

In the original plans, H. Van BurenMagonigle called for "steam, electricallycolored." The Flame of Inspiration was to"bum forever upon an altar high, erected inthe skies, a pillar of cloud by day, a pillar offire by night, to lead men out of thebondage of strife into the promised land ofPeace."

The tower is surrounded at the top by fourforty foot high Guardian Spirits of the flame.Honor is wearing a laurel wreath;Courage, a helmet; Patriotism, a civiccrown and Sacrifice has a winged star onher forehead. The %;ing motif can be seenthroughout the Memorial. Not only are theGuardian spirits winged, but eagles in thedecorative devices at the end of thebuildings are winged. All walls incline 1"for every 8 feet in height.

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THE SPHINXESTwo colossal sphinx figures guard theentrance to the Memorial. They symbolizeMemory and Future. Memory faces easttoward World War I battlefields. Her face isshrouded to forget the horror of war.Future faces west. Her face is alsocovered to indicate that she cannot seewhat events may lie ahead. The Sphinxeslie at the foot of the altar (tower). TheEgyptian sphinx exhibits the head of aman, the body, legs, feet and tail of a lion.Greek sphinxes are traditionally sculptedwith the head of a woman. The Memorialsphinxes, although their faces are unseen,are considered to be Greek in origin.

THE FRIEZEThe frieze, carved on the wall of the northterrace, is by Edmond Amateis. It wascompleted in 1935 and depicts theprogress of civilization from war to peace.More information about the frieze iscontained in the pamphlet entitled, "TheStory of the Great Frieze."

MEMORY HALLThe famous French painting, Pantheon dela Guerre, the "biggest painting in theworld," was reinterpreted through a cut-and-splice method by artist Daniel MacMorris,who painted many of the other murals inthis room.

The Memorial Shaft; the Sphinxes; and oneach side, the two limestone buildings: theMuseum and Memory Hall; form asymmetrically balanced composition.Architecturally, they are reminiscent ofsmall temples.

THE CURATORThe Liberty Memorial is managed by acurator. A curator is a professional who issuperintendent of something or or who is incharge of something. He not onlymanages the objects in the museum, but isresponsible for interpreting or telling theirstory to the community. The exhibits in themuseum remained largely unchanged from1926 until 1976 when the curator, Mr. MarkBeveridge, began to develop the museumas an educational museum. The Museumreceives private funds and city funds. It isthe only museum in the countryspecializing in World War I.

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Charlie Podrebarac is a Kansas City artistwith a humorous viewpoint about the builtenvironment. Students will enjoy lookingat his Spirit poster on the following twopages and finding the visual puns. Ideasfor activity questions may include:

1. Can you point out and name thecomponents of Liberty Memorial?2. What is "wrong" with this picture?3. Where was the artist when he drew this

picture?4. What are the objects surrounding

Union Station? What is the artist trying tosay?

5. Which Guardian Spirits are portrayed?6. Hold a mirror to the frieze. What does

it say?7. What are the different elements in the

frieze?8. How can you tell which building is the

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find?10. What does the train remind you of?11. What is coming out of the urns?12. What is the"Kansas City Spirit"?

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A single act, the shooting of ArchdukeFrancis Ferdinand, heir to the throne ofAustria-Hungary, marked the outbreakof World War I. Austria-Hungary thendeclared war on Serbia, July 28, 1914.The United States tried to remain neutral,but in 1917, also entered the war on theside of the Allies (Belgium, France, GreatBritain, Russia and Serbia.) The CentralPower countries were Austria-Hungary,Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

World War I changed history: it alteredthe balance of power forever; it gavewomen the opportunity to show that theycould do anything men could do; it gaveBlacks an opportunity to demonstrate theircapabilities and it brought about changesin technology by fostering scientific studies.Poison gas, submarines and aircraft wereall developed as a result of World War I.

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This war was truly a world war. It involvedmany countries. People from every partof the United States fought in the war.To commemorate the end of this war, cityleaders wanted to erect a monument,not only to acknowledge the sacrifices,but to signal the advent of peace.

This would be the war to end all wars.The city council called a mass meetingof citizens one week after the wars end.School children participated. They issuedinvitations to their parents to attend themeetings.

Fundraising involved every citizen.Kansas Citians who were children atthe time remember carrying theircontributions, usually dimes, to school inpaper cups. Within ten days, the sum oftwo and one third million dollars wasraised to erect a war memorial.

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How do you create interest in or evendiscuss a landmark which memorializesa war which students do not rememberand is perhaps a site they have nevervisited? One approach is to show visualsor slides of the Memorial and to use aquestioning approach to generate interest.Two methods are possible.

In the first method, the instructor looksat the visuals and generates all of thequestions which come to mind. This canbe done randomly and the questionsregrouped into clusters or topic areas afterthe initial brainstorming. These questionsbecome the basis for a discussion of theMemorial.

In the second or "discovery method," andespecially if students may not have visitedor be familiar with the Memorial, use slidesor visuals to generate the questions fromthe students. This method insures thatdiscussion relates to students' owninterests. Hang flip chart paper aroundthe room and have one or two studentsact as recorder. Encourage students tospontaneously generate questions whileviewing slides. This method works mosteffectively if normal brainstormingtechniques are utilized--no critiquing ,

no need to raise hands, no question istoo silly. Evaluation occurs later.Categories may be provided by theteacher if it seems a needed directivefor the student. The classifications couldinclude mathematics, people, mechanical,design, architectural, and affect questions.Again, regroup the questions into dustetsafter the initial session. A sampling ofquestions follows: What is this building?Is it a building? Who built it? What's in it?

Who takes care of the building? Whatmachinery operates the Memorial? Howwas it built? What materials were used?What geometric shapes can you see?How much area does the complexcontain? How would you calculate thisarea? Where is the front? How do youknow? Is Liberty Memorial barrier-free?

This technique was used to produceinstructions for the Scavenger Huntwhich follows this page. Duplicate it foreach student to use at the Memorial site.Following a field trip to the Memorial or thestudy of the Memorial, it will be interestingto reintroduce this list to see how many ofthe questions have been answered. Acomplete set of Discussion Questions isavailable in the Liberty Resourfn Box.

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Touch somethingrough, somethingsmooth.

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How many otherplaces insideand outside canyou find it? Tallythem here.

How many of yourfriends would ittake to surroundthe base of theT r of Liberty?

On the Mall, findthe Hawthornetree. Its flower isthe state flower ofMissouri.

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ART: CUT AND PASTE (22)Following a slide show or field trip to theLiberty Memorial, design a monument orcreate a unique representation of LibertyMemorial. It is more important for thestudents to depict the "feeling" or "idea"of monument rather than an actualrepresentation of Liberty Memorial. ArtistMike Savage uses colored constructionpaper which is cut, arranged and glued topresent a stylized and simplified version ofLiberty Memorial. Notice the color palettewhich is non-representational and limitedto six colors.

WRITING AND ART: POSTERC23)

Posters were probably the widest andmost powerful form of communicationduring World War I because they could beseen. The radio, the other popularcommunications tool, could only be heard.Poster art appealed to the emotions, notonly through effective graphics, but alsothrough strong language. After classroomdiscussions about images and symbolism,students can generate writings about theimpact, message, and audience targetedby WWI posters. Display the Women in Warbrochure at a learning center. Studentscan choose one poster from it to analyze.Instruction: "Write a paragraph telling whatspecific message a particular posterconveys." Sugar Means Ships, posterno. 4, and poster no. 24, Victory Girls,are especially interesting.

VISUAL DISCRIMINATION:SKYLINE (24,25)

The photo composite of the skyline isuseful for putting together more images

than can normally be contained in onephotograph. Matching the shape of abuilding to the photo image is an exampleof a lower level thinking skill(knowledge). The ability to look at theactual city skyline and point out specificbuildings without the Skyline LearningTool is an example of a higher levelthinking skill (comprehension). Otherlevels of Bloom's taxonomy can also beapplied. See Extending StudentThinking (page 40).

THE GREAT FRIEZE (26)

The Frieze itself comprises a study ofattitudes, technology, the past and thefuture. The book enclosed in ResourcePocket 26, "The Story of the Great Frieze,"can be utilized for informationalbackground on many aspects of theMemorial, and as a tool for developingwritting, poetry, art, math, and geographyprojects concerning the Memorial. "TheStory of the Great Frieze" is reproducedwith permission of the Liberty Memorial.

WRITING: WAR NEWS (27)Using the front page of the "Kansas CityStar." April 6, 1917 as a reference, havestudents write and illustrate a newspaperabout World War I. Include otherinformation gained through study of theMemorial and visiting there. Aspects mightinclude: enlistment and recruiting, sinkingof the Lusitania; The Red Baron; trenchwarfare; women's roles in the war;causes; leaders; important battles;weaponry. Thanks to the Kansas City Starfor permission to reprint this front page.

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MATH C28,29)

The Liberty Memorial brochure (page 10)lends itself as a resource for many simpleand higher level math problems. Theseproblems are based on information in thispamphlet as well as information in TheGreat Frieze brochure (page 26). Noticethat this activity provides aninterdisciplinary linking of math andall other curriculum areas. Using thismodel as a guide, generate math problemsof your own focused on a particular subjectmatter or grade level.

COMPUTER GRAPHICS POThis is a culminating or enrichment project.Students will use home or schoolcomputers to do a rendering of theMonument using as many details aspossible. Students will gain experienceusing the Koala pad, joystick, or keyboardto produce a purposeful assignment inmaking an architectural elevation. Thetime spent analyzing photos and otherdocuments will help the students becometotally familiar with the aesthetic andconstruction details of the Memorial.

MODEL (32,33)

The Liberty Memorial model could be usedas a culminating activity arid reward forcompleting the Learn and Win quiz. Itmight also be used as a readiness activityand a way to acquaint students with thevarious elements of the Memorial. ft is alsoan exercise in spatial relationships andfollowing directions. Reproduce bothpages for use in puttingtogether the model.

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usi, ,g a combination of all of theinformation gained from the pre-fieldtrip activities, the on-site tour, anddiscussions, put together question cardsfor a Liberty Memorial Trivia Game. Inorder to encourage built environmentawareness, substitute these categoriesfor the usual ones:(1) architecture(2) people(3) history(4) art/literature(5) nature/science/geography;(6) and catch-all.

Reproduce the Liberty Memorial Boarddesign and paste to a sturdy piece ofcardboard which can serve as the gameboard. Copy the question cards on lightweight posterboard for class use. BothGame Board and questions are enclosedin the Resource Pockets (page 36 and 37).

LEARN AND WIN QUIZ (30)

Following the study of Liberty Memorial,choose the Learn and Win page as acheck for understanding or a contest page.Students could win some teacher-generated momento such as a flag, sticker,the Memorial model, or WWI postcard.

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Complete the math problems below and then fill in thecode ietterfor the correct answer. Write the code letterin each blank havirtg that problem number. What doyou discover?

1. If there are 96 steps from the Memorial Court to theFrieze, how many more are needed to have one foreach member on the Committee which is responsiblefor the Memorial?

2. The Uberty Memorial was dedicated in 1921 andcompleted in 1926. Hew many years did it take tobuild?

3. What is the length of the North Wall divided by theheight of the North Wall? Omit the remainder.

4. What is the length of the Frieze divided by theheight of the Frieze? Omit the remainder.

5. If 83,000 residents of Kansas City contributednearly 2.5 million dollars toward the construction of theMemorial, what would have been the averagecontribution to the nearest dollar?

6. What is the total height of the tower from thefoundation civided by the ciameter of the foundation,rounded to the nearest integer?

7. And the total cubic feet of materials used toconstruct the entire Memorial.

8. If a family of 6, 2 adults and 4 children between theages of 5 and 15, wish to ride the elevator to the top ofthe tower, how many dollars would it cost?

9. If you are 6 feet tall, the tower is how many timestaller than your the height?

10. The tower is 300 feet tall. The diameter of the baseis 43 feet. If the diameter decreases 1 inch as theheight increases 8 feet, what is the diameter (to thenearest foot) at the top of the tower?

11. The total length of the Memorial is 600 feet andthe overall width of Memorial Court is 154 feat. Whatwould be the square feet of surface area if all of thiswere on the same plane?

12. And the difference between the length of afootball field and the height of the tower from itsfoundation.

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13. If a person gave 1 time each month from the timethe Memorial was completed until it was 50 years old,how many dollars would that person have contributed?

14. And the number of square feet in the surface areaof the Frieze.

15. How many years after the Memorial site wasdedicated was the Frieze completed?

16. During Leap Year, how many times should thecarillon play a selection of songs?

17. During Leap Year, how many days is the Memorialopen to the pubic, if New Years Thanksgiving andChristmas are not on Monday?

18. Multiply the number of Guardian Spirits times thenumber of Generals who dedicated the ground.

19. The foundation of the Tower is dug how many feetbelow below the Memorial Court?

20. World War I lasted 1,563 days at an estimated costof $331 billion. Find the average cost per day,rounded to the nearest milion.

21. The Union Station was built in 1913. How manyyears old was it when the Uberty Memorial wascompleted?

22. Find in feet the overall length of the sphinxes.

23. How tall are the Guardian Spirits from feet towingtips? Calculate in inches.

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WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO SPHINXES?

WHAT RAILROAD STATION DO YOU SEE WHENLOOKING NORTH FROM THE MORTAL WAIL?

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ON WHAT DATE WAS LIBERTY MEMORIAL DEDICATED?

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1. If it starts to rain, Seth will have to goin or get wet.2. Rachel has not yet been to thebuilding with the trench exhibit.3. Once Sara leaves the area she's innow, she wants to go look at theuniforms.4. Tali is enjoying looking at the muralsand reading the maps on the walls.5. Sara can see Rachel, but not Seth.6. Rachel is getting dizzy from lookingup so high.

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November 1, 1921. They were Marshal Foch of France, General Diaz of Italy,Admiral Beatty of Great Britain, Lieutenant General Jacques of Belgium and

of the United States.

2. The trees which are planted in planter boxes on Memorial Court werechosen because their flower is the state flower of Missouri. They are

trees.

3. The soldiers in World War I were nicknamed

4. Liberty Memorial cost two million dollars to build. Kansas City schoolchildren helped to raise the money by bringing dimes to school in paper cups.It would take dimes to make two million dollars.

5 and create the illusion of flameon the Tower of Liberty.

6. A man who later became the 30th president of the United States spoke atthe Liberty Memorial dedication. That man was

7. The sphinxes on the south side of the Liberty Memorial are half animaland half

8. The four Guardian Spirits which surround the Tower of Liberty are eachwearing an item representing their virtue. Honor is wearing a laurel wreath,Patriotism is wearing a civic crown, Sacrifice has a winged star on her fore-head, and Courage is wearing a

9. On the west side of the complex, there are steps from thefrieze up to Memory Hall. Hint: The vertical element of a step is called a riser.The horizontal element is called a tread. Count the risers.

10. H. Van Buren Magonigle is the architect of the Tower of Liberty. EdmondAmateis is the sculptor of the frieze. Look carefully at the frieze and you willdiscover that is the carver.

11. The Tower of Liberty is constructed with a manmade material of con-crete at its core, awl a covering of , a natural material.

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EXTENDINGSTUDENT THINKING

The study of Liberty Memorialaddresses all of Benjamin Bloom'sSix Levels of Thinking Skills. Withknowledge of the processes (verbs)which indicate the thinking level,note these activities for each.

KNOWLEDGE LEVEL:'locate 'list 'label 'discover

Label the parts of Liberty Memorial on theSite Plan.What can you see from the north? south?east? west?

COMPREHENSION LEVEL:why? 'Identify 'categorize 'relate

What is a monument?Why is Liberty Memorial one?

SYNTHESIS LEVEL:-create 'write 'design "Imagine

How does it feel to stand by the Torch ofLiberty? Write a haiku about your feelings.Design a clock based on the shadows ofLiberty Memorial.

APPLICATION LEVEL:-diagram 'sketch 'order 'interview

List five other monuments.Is the Memorial complex symmetrical?Draw the line of symmetry on the site plan.

ANALYSIS LEVEL:'contrast main ideas 'classify

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How has technology changed since LibertyMemorial was built? How are theWashington Monument and the LibertyMemorial alike? Different?

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How will you introduce a friend to LibertyMemorial? Is it worth spending publicmoney (tax payer dollars) to take care of itand preserve it? Why?

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A Matching Game of Kansas City Lanthnarks.The Liberty Memorial is a Kansas City landmark. Landmarks are worth saving and takingcare

of or preserving. They remind us of our past and who we are today. We have many important land-marks in Kansas City. Do you know them? Have you visited them? Draw a line between the landmarkpictured and the words whith describe it. Put a star by the landmark pictures which you have visitedIn the empty box at the bottom of the game, choose a building or site which you would nominate asan important landmark Either draw or write about it and let a friend guess what you have chosen.

CALDER SCULPTURE: SIVAAlexander Calder's steel stabile,

"Siva", is brightly colored. Althoughprivately owned, the public can enjoyits location in the Crown Centercomplex.

UNION STATIONUnion Station, built between 1910-

1914, is one of the largest in the world.When people traveled by rail, itrepresented the "door" to Kansas City.

VAILE MANSIONPerhaps patterned after a French

chateau, the Valle Mansion is KansasCity's only remaining example of aHigh Victorian style house. There arewood patterns on all sides of thebuilding.

PLAZA CLOCK TOWERThousands of gaily colored tiles

adorn the tower of the Plaza TimeBuilding. The 1922 Country ClubPlaza buildings combine Mexican,Spanish and California styles.

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By the 1890's, Kansas City was old enoughand rich enough to start thinking aboutamenities: landscaped lawns, public parksand drives, tree-lined streets and plannedgrowth: in other words, City Planning. In1893, George Kessler, a student ofFrederick Law Olmsted, an internationallyknown landscape architect, made anassessment of Kansas City in his first parkboard report. This report is considered tobe the beginning of the City BeautifulMovement.

The newspapers had been agitating since1870 for a beautiful city. The developmentof Union Station focused interest on aspecific site. The creation of a civic centeraround Kansas City's "doorway to theworld" would insure that visitors would stepoff the train and see Kansas City's best.

Jarvis Hunt, architect of the Union Station,put forth a plan which projected that visitorswould not see clay bluffs, but a prestigiousdomed city hall, post office, a library, artmuseum, county building, a hall of recordsand an armory.

Civic leaders could never agree and Hunt'splan was never completed. However, theexperience which R.A. Long and WilliamRocklin! Nelson acquired in studying theproblem was put to good use in theirsuccessful movement for a huge WorldWar I Memorial on the same site, the bluffsin front of Union Station.

Businessmen were convinced that civicbeauty was an index to civic activity andgrowth.

Here are some things to think about.How would our city be better/worse if thisplan had been fulfilled? What are theadvantages and disadvantges of groupingcivic and cultural functions in one area?How could you go about creating a CivicCentertoday? What problems would youencounter? What location would youchoose? Are today's Kansas City business-men convinced that civic beauty is the keyto civic activity and growth?

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In this empty pocket, please add and sharewith other teachers your own ideas forinterdisciplinary projects at the LibertyMemorial site. If you would like to let theAIA know about an exceptionally goodone, send a copy to the American Instituteof Architects, Attn: Ginny Graves/LibertyMemorial, 20 West 9th Street, Kansas City,Missouri 64105.

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ARCHI-NETMEMBERSHIP FORM _.ARCHI-NET: An interested group of teachers from the Greater Metropolitan Areacommitted to increasing environmental, historical, and cultural awareness of Kansas City.We are making this a cooperative effort with the American Institute of Architects.

ABOUT THE ARCHI-NET ORGANIZATION: We are focusing our energies on thedevelopment of relevant instructional materials and activities which highlight Kansas Citylandmarks. These materials will be made available to community teachers especiallyand/or students at the landmark site. Some materials would be on loan while othermaterials would have a minimal cost.

We are asking for your $15 contribution to help us with our environmentaleducation efforts. Some of our activities include Spirit Festival Architivitybooth for families; advisory committee for graduate courses; school in-service; built environment curriculum packets and materials for check out tomembers.

With your Dues Contribution you will have the opportunity to pioneer built environmenteducation efforts with others nationally and in the metropolitan area; receive informationabout top-notch programs and classes through our publication archiNews; andbecause of our cooperation with other organizations involved with architecture and thebuilt environment, be put on speaker and city tour mailing lists. Other questions aboutactivities or membership? Call Karen Dell 753-6141 orJudith Bois, 381-2431.

Send $15 membership dues to Judith Bois, 9046 Birch, Prairie Village, Kansas66207. Make check payable to Archi-Net.

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The American institute of Architects. and Archi-Net, teachers networking forenvironmental awareness, announce the publication of Architivity:Liberty Memorial, a field trip guide to Kansas City's most visiblelandmark site. The book will be sent to area school resource centers thisweek. AR.CHiTiV

LisER_Ty MEMORIALThe field trip guide emphasizes the role which people, geography, politics,economics, art and history play in the development of a structure, whether itbe a building or another aspect of the designed environment. The activitiesin the guide help to develop skills in reading, writing, math, computergraphics, and art. A learning poster of the Memorial site; a visual scavengerhunt to be used on the site; a Liberty Memorial model to be assembled; and ascript to be used when visiting the Memorial are all a part of the learningpackage. A final section in the field trip guide addresses the issue of citizenresponsibility for the built environment and includes a "City BeautifulAward" certificate to be used to honor citizens wno improve or add to thebuilt environment.

"We are especially pleased with the teacher support and involvementwith this product. We feel that the of architect/teacher team isproducing a usable, workable; high-quality teaching tool for theclassroom," comments Ginny Graves, regional education coordinator forthe American Institute of Architects. "The fact that our materials arebacked up with teacher participation in the project and architecturalsupport indicates a high probability for the success of theenvironmental education program. Karen Dell, curriculum advisor,adds, 'The activities in Architivity: Liberty Memorial develop allthinking skills and are multi-disciplinary. What ttober tool to usethan our own environment, our own city, to teach basic concepts andenhance skills?"

Introducing built environment education into the schools through curriculummaterials support, such as the field trip guide, Architivity: LibertyMemorial, is just one aspect of the American Institute of Architect's long-range program to improve the climate for good design and city plarhing inthis country. Other support services for schools include city tours, architect-in-the-schools programs, and graduate courses for teachers.

Schools participating in the project will receive the curriculum guide withoutcharge. Other schoolS or individuals may purchase the guide for theirresource centers. Order for $23, which includes postage and handling, fromthe KCAIA office, 20 W. 9th; Kansas City, Missouri 64105. 816-221-3485.

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