3B Blog: Home Sweet Home

Unit Title: Home Sweet Home

Central Idea: People construct homes based on the resources available to them.

An Inquiry into:

Homes around the world
Resources available in different climates

Access to resources

Assessment:

At the end of this unit students will complete this summative assessment task:

Students will choose a country of interest and find out about some of the main features of that country. They will research a particular type of house in that country and create a diary written from the perspective of a person who lives in that type of home in that country.

Useful Websites:

Homes around the world - www.ict.mic.ul.ie/websites/2002/Imelda_Fitzgerald/Homes%20Around%20the%20World-1.htm

Houses throughout history (UK) - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses.html

Houses matching game - http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/socialstudies/book2/game.htm

Houses around the World - http://www.hgpho.to/wfest/house/house-e.html

Houses around the World (more) - http://www.warrinerprimaries.com/Topic/homesworld.htm

Sustainable housing - http://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/sustainability-education/students/07-11_sustainable-houses/index.php

Climatic Zone - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm

People and Places - http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/

Climatic Zones map - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/08/popup/climate.html

World fact book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html