I love teaching this technical drawing skill that dates back to The Renaissance and the artist Filippo Brunelleschi who used Linear perspective in his drawings of buildings in Rome and Florence Italy during the 1400s.
Check out this brief video that tells about Brunelleschi and his experiment for drawing perspective.
Before students learned about Linear Perspective and One, Two and Three-Point Perspective drawing techniques, students participated in an assessment drawing exercise where they had to respond to perspective questions/situations and use their prior knowledge. The results of their drawings demonstrated their skill level and understanding of perspective. It also indicates to me, what students know and don't know so I can differentiate the lesson and bring everyone up to speed, yet challenge advanced students. Below is the assessment and I timed each slide (slides 1 thru 4 were 2-4 minutes pending difficulty and slide 5 was minutes) so students had to manage their time accordingly.
