Exploring Living Areas
Objectives:
1. Explain how physical geography has
historically affected choices in home
construction.
2. Make inferences about cultural, social,
political and economic aspects of different
societies on home design.
3. Explain how culture, societal values, politics
and economics have affected choices in
home construction.
Warm-Up
• What is a home? List all the qualities that
you can think of to describe a home.
• Brainstorm what factors you think people
in all parts of the world considered when
they built homes around 1800.
I. Industrialization
A. As a result of
• Review: How did
industrialization,
industrialization
populations shift
lead to changing
patterns of
settlement?
1. Population increases
2. People move to cities,
fueling demand for cheap
housing
3. Gas and electricity replace
the need for bins of coal in
houses
Guiding question: What happened in the rural areas?
II. Impact in Rural Areas
A. Shifts in building
materials in rural
areas
1. Forests depleted for
fuel and building
materials in urban
areas
2. Brick was used more
widely as forests
decreased
III. Looking at Latitude
A. People along the same lines of latitude share many similarities in living
structures. Why?
B. Examples
1. Mongols of inner Eurasian steppe and Navajo of North American plains share
round home designs
2. Stilt homes are found in Southeast Asia and southeastern US
3. Tree structures are typical dwellings for people in rain forests
IV. Purposes of Homes
A. Functional uses
1. Available resources put
together for shelter from
elements
2. Architecture shifts based on
resources
B. Emotional-cultural uses
1. Often serve as a link
between spirit and mortal
worlds
2. Architecture shifts based on
cultural beliefs