1. First Grade Social Studies
Houses and Homes
First Grade Social Studies

2. People around the world have different
kinds of homes.
Some live in houses.

3. Some people live in
apartments.

4. People build homes using the resources of the land where they live.

5. Some homes in Kenya have roofs made from straw, or dried grass.

6. People have to think about the weather where they build their
homes. This place in Mexico is built
of clay bricks called adobe that is
dried in the hot desert sun.
A desert is land that gets little rain.

7. This house is in Norway. It is made from the trees in the forest
around it.

8. When it rains a lot, this river in the Amazon rain forest can flood.
This house in Venezuela is built on
stilts. They keep it dry above the
river’s water.

9. Some places are
crowded. These
homes in Italy are
built close together.
There is little open
space between the
homes.

10. This city in China has very little land
for new homes. Some people live
on boats.

11. People around the world live in
all kinds of homes.
How about you?