TIPS FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS:

Julia Morgan, Architect of Dreams

• Design a building. Do a drawing of the outside, then a more-detailed drawing for one of the rooms. Cut out tiny pieces of furniture and glue them in place.

• On the Internet, look up famous buildings such as: New York's Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty, or California's Golden Gate Bridge.

• Read my book and talk about it during Women's History Month in March.

• Discuss the changing role of women in the workplace.

• Tour a Julia Morgan building, such as Hearst Castle, near San Simeon, California or the Berkeley City Club, also in California.

• Watch the KQED/PBS documentary, "Julia Morgan, A Life by Design," to learn more about Julia Morgan.

• Websites to explore:

Hearst Castle, California,  www.hearstcastle.org/

Berkeley City Club, California, www.chcc-edu.org/berkeleycityclub.html

Berkeley City Club, California, www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/jmberkcity/ jmberkcity2.html

California Polytechnic State University Library, www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_coll/Morgan/bio/bio.html

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