Houses and Homes

First Grade Social Studies

People around the world have different kinds of homes.

Some live in houses.

Some people live in apartments.

People build homes using the resources of the land where

they live.

Some homes in Kenya have roofsmade from straw, or dried grass.

http://encarta.msn.com/media_461514638_761572628_-1_1/Thatch_House_in_Kenya.html

People have to think about the weather where they build their

homes. This place in Mexico is builtof clay bricks called adobe that is

dried in the hot desert sun.A desert is land that gets little rain.

http://www.affordableadobe.com/

This house is in Norway. It is madefrom the trees in the forest

around it.

http://silverlaketimberhouse.com/

When it rains a lot, this river in the Amazon rain forest can flood. This house in Venezuela is built onstilts. They keep it dry above the river’s water.

http://impressive.net/people/gerald/2007/01/13/06-42-38-sm.html

Some places arecrowded. Thesehomes in Italy arebuilt close together.There is little openspace between the homes.

This city in China has very little landfor new homes. Some people liveon boats.

People around the world live inall kinds of homes.

How about you?http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/home/3intrhme.htm