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Sodbusters!
Students study American settlers, how and where they lived by observing images. They investigate how the settlers used sod to build houses that were adaptable to the plains environment. They compare living in a sod homes with their home.
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Milk Carton Houses
Create a village and learn about recycling at the same time! A materials list is included, as well as instructions for what you need to do to create a recycled carton village with your kids. Two great book links are included.
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Houses: Compare and Contrast
A series of different houses is shown, defined by their architectural details, and then used in a compare and contrast activity. Learners will compare various houses with a peer and then note similarities and differences between their...
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Counting Houses 1-20
What if your pre-k or kinder class was learning about dwellings or houses and you needed a house themed counting activity? You'd just need to click on this link and download this house themed slide-show. It shows numbers 1-20 alongside...
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When Were Houses in our Locality Built?
Take a look at the types of houses to determine when they may have been built. This UK-based slide-show shows houses common to Great Britain such as, Tudor, Victorian, 1930's, and Modern styles. This could be used as a compare and...
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Forest Dwellings: Toad House
What a great project to use as part of an exploration of animals or habitats. Learners design a clay model of a home for a forest animal. This could be a great way to cement what your class has learned about habitats.
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Introduction, Advance Organizer, and the Problem
Learners describe the three-phrase process for designing and developing energy-efficient buildings. They develop solutions and identify ways to make homes more comfortable and productive in regards to energy.
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Designing Future Houses
Students discuss the changes we face and what kind of future house designs students can imagine. They create a floor plan, make an architectural drawing, and write a short description about their future house.
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Families and neighborhoods
Students create their house to add to a class "neighborhood". In this lesson on family and community, students read the book Family by Todd Parr and discuss how all families and houses are different. Then, students create their own...
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English as an Additional Language: Topic Book 11: Houses
In this ESL houses worksheet, students respond to 12 matching questions, 35 short answer questions, 16 drawing questions, and 10 coloring questions pertaining to colors, directions, and counting.
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Houses Around the World
For this cultural worksheet, students read a passage about different types of houses and dwellings around the world. They then answer the 10 questions on the worksheet.
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Blakesley Hall and Inventories
In this Blakesley Hall learning exercise students will compare the Inventory Lists from two different houses and determine which items belonged to which person based on their economic background.
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Bedroom Floor Plan
Learners discover how floor plans for houses, specifically, bedrooms are made. In groups, they compare the characteristics of floor plans and zoning ordinances in order to meet the needs of those using it. To end the lesson, they...
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Building a House
Students investigate the house building process by naming building materials and sequencing the steps.
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Where I live!
In this local geography activity, learners complete 4 fill in the blank questions regarding the locations of their homes. Students are asked to reveal their address, city and state by writing inside house shaped boxes.
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Houses and the People They Shelter
Students examine different homes and shelters across cultures and time periods. In this Houses and the People They Shelter instructional activity, students draw conclusions about society and culture according to the features of their...
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Dream Houses
Students explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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Types of Home
In this home types instructional activity, students label each of the types of homes pictured by listing the words given in the word bank beneath the pictures.
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Homes Sweet Homes
Students analyze various paintings of houses by Robert Harris. They examine what home really means to themselves by drawing house designs, collecting artifacts and making a class museum, taking photos and conducting a guided tour of...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Resources and the Environment: Humans Design Their Homes
After hearing and discussing the story of The Three Little Pigs, students work in groups to construct houses using craft sticks. They then decide how well their house would serve as a living space and in what climatic conditions it would...
Other
Maryland Geological Survey: Hazards in Karst Terrain
Describes how and why sinkholes form, how to build a house and the effects on plumping in karst terrain, describes collapse sinkholes, and overall effects of sinkholes.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: A House for Me
Read about the different types of houses that people live in. Includes audio narration in 23 additional languages with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: Native Americans Traditional Native American Homes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational about the types of homes built by different Native American tribes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: House and Garden
This interesting site tells of housing construction techniques, house plans, gardens, and estates. Many pictures and hyperlinks for more information. There are also links to other websites.