Class 3 · Environmental Studies
Houses and shelters
📘 Chapter notes
The key ideas of this chapter, answered through the six guiding questions. Read them with your textbook.
1What am I looking at?
Answer: Different kinds of houses and why they differ.
2What are its main parts or ideas?
Answer: Kutcha and pucca houses, houseboats, igloos, tents, stilt houses, flats.
3How does it work?
Answer: Houses are built from local materials to suit the weather: sloping roofs where it rains or snows, stilts where floods come.
4Why is it important?
Answer: A house protects us from heat, cold, rain and animals.
5What happens if something changes?
Answer: In hilly snowy places, roofs slope so snow slides off.
6What should I remember for the exam?
Answer: Match houses to places and materials.