did you know that there's a building that is almost 100 years old it's an official historic place in Michigan and it's often called Detroit's largest art object I'm Mr Peterson and today I'm going to share research I completed about the Fisher Building in Detroit then together we will complete a graphic organizer and then write a short informational text with the most important points from the research you can later use this as an example to help you write your own informational text let's get started I am personally excited to learn more about the Fisher Building you probably don't know this about me but I'm a beekeeper I have beehives on the roof of a building that is directly across the street from the Fisher Building so it will be great to learn more about a place I often see while I'm beekeeping in order to learn more about this building I need to find reliable sources a reliable source is a source that is trustworthy and accurate these sources could be books articles videos or web pages I'm going to use this graphic organizer to help me take notes on the facts I want to include in my writing by identifying the who what when where and why about the Fisher Building I can gather all of the most important information to write an informational text that will give a clear description of what I researched I found the Fisher Building website by doing an internet search I'm going to use their History Section as my First Source with limited space downtown for their Central headquarters the Fisher Brothers of the Fisher body Corporation settled in New Center in the 1920s in 1927 they hired a legendary architect Albert Khan to create a magnificent building as a thanks to the city that delivered their success it was to be an Ode to the American work ethic and to American Artisans the Fisher Brothers spare no expense in its creation encouraging k to hire worldclass Architects Engineers Builders Crafts People and Artist as a result the fiser building's marble clad facade three-story handp painted Barrel vaed ceiling spectacular mosaics and extensive bronze detailing has earned it recognition as Detroit's largest art object pH that's a lot of information so let's take notes and put them into the graphic organizer notes do not need to be in complete sentences we'll turn them into sentences when we write our final report I'll put history of the fiser building at the top as it is a reminder of the topic of my research let's start by putting around 192 7 that's when so I'll write that in there new center neighborhood of Detroit that's where so I'll fill that in Fisher brothers that's part of the who so I'll put that there and I'll add a money sign since that's who paid for it many worldclass Engineers Builders artists and Architects more for The Who legendary designer Albert Khan wow one more person to add to the who that's a lot of people that helped get the Fisher Building built marble handp painted mosaics and bronze detailing H I'd say that's part of the what since that's what's in the building Detroit's largest art object I'll put that with what as well another source I found is the historic Detroit website the article there matched the facts from the First Source and also gave me a lot more information about the brothers and the building I already read this and put notes together seven Fisher brothers made a fortune making car bodies I'm going to add this to the who after the money sign and also add seven in front of Fisher Brothers since these details are important to know the Fishers hired Albert Khan and told the architect to build them the most beautiful building in the world I'm going to put this after why because this is what the brothers wanted the building was for the company's headquarters as well as shopping and entertainment this will go under why as well because it's how they plan to use it constructed of steel concrete and different types of marble more for the what largest marble clad commercial building in the world also more for the what the building has a golden Tower originally covered in gold Gold Leaf tiles now green terracotta tiles again for the what the building houses the Fisher Theater which opened in 1928 probably under why since the brothers wanted the building to be for entertainment so now that I have all of my researched facts organized in this graphic organizer I'm going to write my informational text the Fisher Building is an important and beautiful building in the new center neighborhood of Detroit it was built by the Fisher Brothers around 1927 this building is so special that people call it Detroit's largest art object the seven Fisher brothers made a lot of money by making car bodies for the booming car industry in Detroit the brothers hired many worldclass Engineers Builders artists and Architects to help them build the Fisher Building one of the most famous people they hired was Albert Khan a legendary architect the fish F Brothers told Khan to build them the most beautiful building in the world the Fisher Building is made of many materials like steel concrete and different types of marble it is the largest marble clad commercial building in the world the building also features hand painted mosaics and ceilings along with bronze details the golden Tower which was originally covered in Gold Leaf tiles is now covered in green terracotta tiles the Fisher Building was built to be a headquarters for the Fisher Brothers company but also a center for shopping and entertainment in fact the Fisher Theater opened there in 1928 it is a lasting Landmark that continues to attract people today now that we completed a research project about the historic Fisher Building I challenge you to do the same with a different historical place in Michigan you can choose from almost 2,000 places listed on the national register of historical places research your place using multiple sources and use the graphic organizer to find your who what when where and why then write about your research and share it with a friend or family member