This great, nonfiction book goes through houses all around the world. It shows and tells readers what their house may look like depending on where they lived, and it also tells readers how they might have lived in that part of the world. It talks about villages in South America, floating homes in the Netherlands, log cabins, caves, and many more! The book also explains why each house is built the particular way in that particular area.
I think this book would be great to introduce a geography unit because each different type of home is unique for a certain geographic location and purpose.
This could be great for a writing prompt for students to talk about their home and its uses/purpose in our particular geographical location.
This could also be great to turn into an art shoebox project, in which students choose one house/ place from the book to research more into and create a model of the home with a description.
The following is a link to activities and questions related to this book: http://www.rif.org/documents/us/If-You-Lived-Here.pdf
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