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CLIL 3 Social Studies

Traditional Dwellings
T r a di t i o na l D w e ll i n g s

A. Look at the highlighted words in the text and find their definitions in a dictionary.
B. Have you heard of yurts, igloos and turf houses? Listen, read and find out more.

YURT
Yurts were used in the past by nomadic people in Central Asia. They are large
round tents. Their frame is made of thin, wooden rods. The frame is then covered
with felt, usually made from the wool of sheep. This material protected the
people inside from the heat as well as the cold and the rain. The yurt was light to
carry and was set up in less than three hours.
carry and was
Many yurts were white on the outside, but inside, colourful rugs covered the
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walls and the floor. After a long day’s work, the family sat around the fireplace
walls and the floor. After a long day’s work, the family sat around the fireplace
which was in the middle of the yurt to relax, play music and eat their meal.
which was in the middle of the yurt to relax, play music and eat their meal.
TURF HOUSE

IGLOO Turf houses were
first built in Iceland
‘Igloo’ means house by the Vikings who
in the language of arrived there during
the Inuit people who the 9 century. These
th
lived in the Arctic. It is a winter home made
lived in the Arctic. It is a winter home made houses were partly
of snow. Igloos used to be built from blocks underground and people used stones to build
and people used stones to build
of snow long ago, by families and hunters them. The material used to make the roofs was
travelling and hunting in winter. They could be grass, and that’s how this type of house got its
3.5 metres high, while some had as many as name, turf. These homes protected people from
five connected rooms. The igloo’s clever design the cold weather. The earliest turf homes had just
trapped heat inside and kept the cold air out. one large room where the whole family lived and
However, people still needed to wear their worked. In later years, they divided the room into
warm clothes, boots and hats inside the igloo. two or three smaller rooms. The way turf homes
It took a person with experience between one were built was different from one place to another
and two hours to build a small igloo. due to the different available materials.

C. Read again and write T for True or F for False.
1. It takes more than three hours 4. Turf houses got their name from the
to set up a yurt. material used to build them.

2. Both yurts and igloos had one main room. 5. All three types of houses were built with
materials that could be found easily.
3. The Inuit live in igloos all year.

PROJECT

Make a ‘Houses Around the World’ poster! B. Use a large piece of card for your poster. Stick
A. Do some research on the internet and pictures on it and use the information you have
find information about one or two found to write a few things about the types of
different types of houses around the houses you have chosen. Answer the questions
world and some pictures of them. Choose below and add the information to your poster.
some ideas from the box below or find • Where can you find these types of houses?
some of your own. • What materials are used to build these houses?
• Japanese Ryokans • How many rooms and what type of furniture could
• Bamboo Bungalows in Thailand you find in these houses?
• Honai homes in Indonesia • Do people still live in these houses?
• Hanok houses in South Korea
C. Present your poster to the class.

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