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Sodbusters!
Young scholars 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...
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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.Â
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Introduction, Advance Organizer, and the Problem
High schoolers 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
Learners 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
For 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
In 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 worksheet 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
Students 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 worksheet, students 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. For this Houses and the People They Shelter lesson, students draw conclusions about society and culture according to the features of their dwellings....
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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 worksheet, learners 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...