Pistes d'exploration

Among the featured homes, which would you choose to live in and why? Discuss some of its advantages and disadvantages. Would it fit into your current neighbourhood?

Pretend that you are an architect and design a unique home. Use the models and information in the book for inspiration regarding materials, size, etc.

Create an advertisement for your newly designed home. Describe the qualities that make it unique. Include information such as the purchase cost, energy-efficient technologies as well as any smart technology being used.

Read the table of contents, glossary, index and the learning more section. What kind of information can be found in each of these?

Read one of the chapters and take notes on the important information. Share your knowledge with a partner who has read a different chapter.

In groups, illustrate and describe your own adventure home, using information and vocabulary from the text. Explain why you chose this kind of home.

At home, create your own adventure home using recycled material. In school, present your adventure home using words from the book and your own words. Use an inside/outside cooperative circle to present your adventure home.

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building, Towering Homes, Home

Mots-clés

Non-fiction , architecture , around the world , buildings , cultures , homes , setting , structures and features

Commentaire descriptif

This book offers a fascinating excursion through a variety of unusual homes around the world. The design of tent homes is explained, as well as the caravan homes of the Romany people. The section “Floating homes” describes different types of traditional houseboats. Spreads such as “Boat building” and “Architect’s notebook” encourage young readers to consider structural necessities. Building materials—such as wood, straw, animal hide and ice—are also considered. Diagrams and cutaway illustrations are rendered in bright colours, with a cartoon flair. In one image, a horse is indignantly ordered out of the yurt. In another, a faithful dog pulls a travois. Photographs transport young readers to real-life structures and their contexts. In one photo, a Native of Papua New Guinea carries a dog up the notched log that leads up to his towering tree house: “A typical house can be as high as 130 feet (40 meters) above the ground.” Another photo depicts the glistening interior of an ice hotel: “Ice is actually a good insulator.” This is a fun, informative book. A table of contents, glossary, index and resources for further investigation are also provided.