Early Shelter
My type of housing.
DOUBLE POINTS
An Apartment (temporary)
In medieval Europe, most poor families lived in these small, simple homes.
Cottages
During the Industrial Revolution, many poor workers lived in these crowded city buildings.
Tenements (apartments)
Families keep food cold and fresh in this machine.
Refrigerator
Space agencies want people to live here in the future.
Mars
The first people often lived in these natural places for protection.
Caves
Kings and queens lived in these big stone buildings with walls and towers.
Castles
In my country, most people live in this type of housing.
DOUBLE POINTS
Single-family Homes
This home has space for one family, usually with a yard and a garage.
Single-family House
Future houses may be controlled by this type of technology that makes decisions for comfort and energy.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Nomadic people carried these light homes made from animal skins.
Tents
My favourite type of traditional housing is from this country.
DOUBLE POINTS
Japan
This new invention made tall buildings possible in the 1800s.
Many modern houses now have this technology that listens and answers your voice.
Smart Assistants (Alexa, Google home)
In the future, houses may be built using this printing technology.
3D printing
These round houses, still used in Mongolia, can be taken apart and moved.
Yurts
Traditional Thai wooden houses often had stairs leading up because of this problem.
Flooding
Many houses in England during the 1800s had a pointed style with decorations.
Gothic
This was my type of neighbourhood when I grew up.
DOUBLE POINTS
Small Town
Some houses of the future may float to survive this problem caused by climate change.
Rising Sea Levels
In Thailand and other tropical countries, some houses were built on these to stay above water.
Stilts
In colder countries, some people put grass and soil on top of their roofs.
During the Industrial Age, trains and factories made cities grow quickly. This is called:
Urbanization
These panels on the roof use the sun to make electricity.
Solar Panels
What type of housing would I like to live in in the future?
DOUBLE POINTS
Mansion