Interpreter Training - Unity Temple

Unity Temple Syllabus

DAY 1

Lecture: By FLWT curator, David Bagnell.
Instruction: Open the image file first, then open the accompanying sound file, advance the slides as you listen.

A New American Architecture: FLW and the Prairie Style - VIEW | LISTEN

  1. Introduction Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
  2. Architecture 101
  3. Wright - The Five Influences
  4. Wright - Organic Architecture
  5. Unity Temple FLW, Architecture for Liberal Religion
  6. New Edifice of Unity Church
  7. FLW, An Autobiography (excerpt
  8. Unity Temple Emergency Procedures

DAY 2

Tour Training video: By FLWT volunteer, Jim Peters.

"The History of Unity Temple", By FLWT volunteer, Mark Scott.

  1. Architecture - Residential Architecture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
  2. Unity Temple Core Tour
  3. Interpretation and Tour Presentation
  4. Unity Temple Research Paper

Supplemental Resources and Readings

  1. Acknowledgements & Copyright
  2. Bibliography
  3. Glossary of Art and Architectural Terms
  4. Oak Park and River Forest History
  5. Other Prairie School Architects
  6. Prairie Style (1900-1920s)
  7. Training for Interpretation - Five Objectives
  8. Wright's Early Career
  9. Wright's Later Work