Peeling Back the Layers of the Onion House
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: There’s a house in St. Louis that is getting a lot of attention lately. It’s called “The Onion House.” View this video to take a tour and learn about its restoration.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Architecture-2**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video in conjunction with students in a construction or other CTE class.
- Use the video in conjunction with a budgeting activity. Have students research the costs of restoring a home in their own community and develop a budget to do so.
- If you have a local historic preservation group in town, invite a guest speaker to share work they are doing in the community similar to what is seen in the video.
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
