Get a bird’s-eye view of how people lived throughout history by visiting ten historical homes around the world.

Combining Cultural Studies and Language Work

While your students are expanding their cultural studies by touring Buckingham Palace in London or the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, give them the opportunity to practice their creative writing and grammar by prompting them to describe what they are seeing. Create a language arts series that focuses on using specific parts of speech using the tours featured in House Beautiful’s article 10 Historic Homes You Can Virtually Tour. This activity can easily be adapted for lower or elementary students. Refer to your NAMC Montessori Lower Elementary or Upper Elementary manuals for further guidance.

Here are some examples to get you started.

Language Activity 1: Adjectives

Visit the opulent Throne Room in Buckingham Palace and write two descriptive sentences that focus on color.

Link to the Throne Room in Buckingham Palace

Language Activity 2: Adjectives

Visit Mount Vernon in Virginia and see the home built by George Washington’s father in 1734. Write three sentences that describe the scenery/landscape around this plantation.

Link to Mount Veron

Language Activity 3: Nouns

Look at the Orchidarium, a beautiful orchid garden featuring 2,000 different varieties at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida. Find ten nouns in this garden and write them in your language arts journal.

Link to the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and click on Orchidarium

Visit NAMC’s website and learn more about our Montessori language curriculum for Infant/Toddler, Early Childhood, Lower Elementary, and Upper Elementary.