Lesson plan: Focus on architecture

Learning objectives

This lesson is designed for secondary school students in years 7-13. It's designed to be approximately 60 minutes although it features extension tasks. 

Lesson objective: To understand what a career in architecture may involve or look like

Aims: 

• To understand the different jobs and day to day work of different architecture roles
• To identify key skills and knowledge required by architects to do their job
• To compare students’ own skills and interests with those required for different roles within architecture

Curriculum links:

Literacy: Using professional terminology e.g., pitch in discussions. Using persuasive language and communicating ideas clearly and concisely.

Numeracy: Contextualising statistics

Design: Responding to a specification, designing an appropriate solution, and evaluating the final design.

Gatsby benchmarks:

Benchmark 2 - Learning from career and labour market information.

Benchmark 3 - Addressing the needs of each pupil.

Benchmark 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers

Lesson planner, slides and accompanying worksheets

Click on the links to download the lesson plan, slideshow and worksheets for this lesson. 

• Lesson planner: Focus on architecture (PDF, opens in a new window)
• Powerpoint slides: Focus on architecture (Opens in a new window)
• Student activity worksheet (PDF, opens in a new window)

Please note, the Powerpoint slides include the following films that are embedded from Vimeo:

• Where I work film: shedkm

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