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Unit 1 Lessons

Welcome to Unit 1: Housing and Society.

On this page, you will find all of the lesson resources.

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Table of Contents:

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C: Culture & Climate

02 House Styles Tours

E: Living with Nature

04 Group Design Challenge

G: The Future of Housing

06 Future Home Project

1A.
Evolution of Housing

To Do:

1. Check Your Understanding:

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2. Activity:

  • You may do this with a partner or independently.

  • It should only take 1 class. 

  • Choose one of the shelter types discussed above. 

  • Create a PowerPoint, answering the following Questions:

    • What might your shelter type look like in different places/climates. Include 2+ pictures​

    • Give an example of the house-style used today

      • No igloos​

      • If you're going with Comfortable houses, try to find a historical example instead.

    • What tools / resources are needed to build it?​

    • What are the benefits of this kind of shelter?

    • What are the downsides?

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PLEASE SAVE your PowerPoint as [insert your name ] 01 Shelter

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Hand in here

1B.
Development of Housing in BC

To Do:​

  1. Download the guided notes (or print them)​

    • Open OneDrive, and make a new Housing 12 folder in it

      • Move the notes file to this new folder

      • Open the file, "enable editing" in Word

    • Fill them in​

      • Type in your responses.

      • For the "drawings", you can use the mouse or a class drawing tablet. Use Word's drawing tools.

        • No photos.

    • Show Ms. U when you are done.​​​​​​​​

1C.
Cultural Influences on Housing

To Do:

1. Download the lesson's Reading

  • Move it to your Housing folder.

  • Read it.

  • You may print it on the library printer if you prefer reading a hardcopy.

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2. Check Your Understanding:

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3. House Styles Tour with Google Street View

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You will need: Google Maps and PowerPoint

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Part 1: Local House Styles

Your Objective: use Google Street View to explore the local area and identify common house styles, analyzing their architectural features and potential influences.

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  1. Create a PowerPoint

  2. Look up Google Maps on a web browser

  3. Click + Drag the little yellow person onto your choice of neighborhood in Williams Lake and "walk" around it, looking at houses.

  4. Find and document at least three (3) distinct house styles. For each house, you must:

    1. Take a screenshot or sketch the house.

    2. Identify the architectural style (or best guess).

    3. Describe at least three key features (e.g., roof shape, materials, windows, porch design).

    4. Suggest why this style might be common in the area (e.g., climate, historical influences, local culture).

  5. On your final slide, try to answer the following questions:

    1. Do you see any trends? are certain styles more common? Why?

    2. How do these house styles reflect function, history, and culture?

 

PLEASE SAVE your PowerPoint as [insert your name ] 02 House Styles Tour

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Part 2: Global House Styles​

Your Objective: use Google Street View to explore house styles in different countries and climates, analyzing how architecture adapts to environmental and cultural factors.

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  1. Continue with your House Styles Tour PowerPoint

  2. Choose THREE locations with different climates, for example:

    • Scandinavia ​

    • Japan

    • Grece

    • Brazil

    • India

    • Southern United States

    • Indonesia/Thailand

    • Morocco

  3. Go to Google Maps​

  4. Go to one of your chosen countries, and drop the little map person into a residential neighborhood.

  5. Explore. Find at least three homes per country that represent a style you see repeated:

  6. For each house, you must:

    1. Take a screenshot or sketch the house.

    2. Identify key architectural features

    3. Explain how the house may be suited to the climate (e.g. materials, roof shape, ventilation, layout)

    4. Note any cultural or historical influences.

  7. Comparison Slide

    1. Should have one house from each of the three countries

    2. Highlight key differences, focusing on climate adaptation and cultural influeces.

  8. Final Slide - Answer these Questions:​

    1. What surprised you?​

    2. What similarities exist across different climates?

    3. How do economic factors shape house designs?

 

PLEASE SAVE your PowerPoint (still [insert your name ] 02 House Styles Tour)

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Hand in here

1D.
Families and the Environment

FIRST!
To Do:

1. Download the lesson's Reading

  • File > Save As > Save As a copy (to your Housing Folder)

  • Or you may print it to the library printer

  • Highlight important details

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FOR PAGES 1-2

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FOR PAGES 3-4

3. The "Housing and Environment" assignment click here to download
  • Please move the file from your Downloads folder to your Housing 12 folder.
    PLEASE RENAME it as     [insert your name ] 03 Environment​
 
Hand in here

1D2.
Extreme Climate Events

To Do:

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1. Watch the video

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2. Download the reading and assignment

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3. Answer the questions.

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4. PLEASE RENAME it as [insert your name ] 1D2 Extreme Climate

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4. Hand in

1E.
Living with Nature

To Do:

1. Group Design Challenge Activity

 

Directions: For each design challenge you need:

  • Research and describe the specific design features that you will be using to complete each design.

    • For example, I will be using triple-pane windows to reduce thermal loss

  • Assign materials to specific parts of the project and what they are being used for.

    • For example, I am using bricks for the walls because they are structurally sound, need minimal maintenance with proper water management, and can last over 100 years.

  • Provide a drawing of your design with the specific design features labeled.

    • Alternative: find a housing design that matches your design features and label that one.

  • Alternative assignment hand in: Do your research and then tell me about it, or audio record your answers and hand them in.

1F.
Government & Housing

To Do:

1."Role of the Government" assignment  click here to download​​

  • Please move the file from your Downloads folder to your Housing 12 folder.
  • PLEASE RENAME it as [insert your name ] 05 Government
 
Hand in here

1G.
The Future of Housing

To Do:

  • "The Future of Housing" assignment  click here to download​​

    • Please move the file from your Downloads folder to your Housing 12 folder.
    • PLEASE RENAME it as [insert your name ] 06 Future
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Hand in here

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