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hotocopy and distribute the 9 pictures of different types of homes. Give
pupils the answers on 9 separate pieces of paper. Ask them to match each
picture to the correct answer
To photocopy and cut into individual strips:
Bungalow
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Canal boat
Caravan
Flat
Mansion
Terraced house
Student halls of residence
Eco-friendly house
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Cottage
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hat do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of living in each of
these homes?
Suggested answers: Consider cost, warmth, accessibility, proximity to amenities,
overcrowding, loneliness, size, and comfort
1.3 What is your definition of the word ‘Home’/ What does ‘Home’ mean to you?
Class feedback and draw spider diagram on the board.
1.4 Show 2 pictures – i) Terraced house ii) Canal boat
Name 10 things that make these two types of accommodation
into ‘homes’. Were the answers for i) different to ii)?
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1.5 Shelter’s definition of a home:
Having a home means
more than just being
in a house or having
a roof over your head.
For most people,
home means being
able to live somewhere
long term that is safe
and secure.
Suggested activity: write your own definition of
what ‘home’ means
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1.6 There are 54 types of homes or places people live hidden here – can you
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Barracks, bash, bed and breakfast, bedsit, bungalow, bus, camper van, canal boat, caravan,
cardboard box, castle, cave, chalet, children’s home, commune, convent, cottage, farm, flat, foster
home, guest house, high rise, hospital, hostel, hotel, house, hut, igloo, lodgings, maisonette, mansion,
mobile home, monastery, motel, night shelter, nursing home, oil rig, palace, park bench, prison, pub,
residential care, room, shack, shared house, ship, sheltered housing, squat, student halls of residence,
tenement, tent, tied accommodation, vicarage, youth hostel
If you don’t understand what each type of accommodation means why not look it up
in a dictionary or on the Internet?
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1.7 Ask
ten people in your class the following questions.
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Record the answers. Add some more questions you would
like to ask. Show the information you have collected in a
series of graphs
1.How many people live in your home?
2.How many rooms are there in your home?
3.How many bedrooms are there in your home?
4.How many houses are there on your street?
5.How many televisions are there in your home?
6.Do you have a garden?
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