We found this short little video that explains the basics of architecture pretty well, using a cup as a reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=GffUqxftkGo
We then talked about that definition in relation to buildings. First I asked Maren to define a what a building is--a structure used by humans to cover up the different things they do. We then looked at the key components of a building--walls, roof, foundation.
Then we looked around on the internet for some pictures of some cool buildings and considered them in terms of their use and the presence of those key components, and how their architects created something marvelous using them.
We found a particularly nice collection of architectural examples on this Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK0OVNq8DLo&feature=related
Or this fine example:
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