Everything you need to understand or teach Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King.
This work of non-fiction describes the history of the city of Florence and life at the end of the Middle Ages through the genius of Filippo Brunelleschi. The book describes the building of Santa Maria del Fiore and the numerous competitions held to find the best designs for her dome and its construction. It also tells of the lives of those connected with this project and its main capomaestro, Filippo Brunelleschi...
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Lesson Plans contain 114 pages of teaching material, including: