2.2 Houses

Life skills

Grade 3

Travelling in our country

Module 2

Houses

Homes

The homes of the people in South Africa also differ a lot. Perhaps you have seen many different homes when you travel by car. Mum and Dad are looking for a home that will meet their needs. They would like the house to be close to a school and they must be able to afford it too.

• Describe to a friend what your house looks like.
• Draw a picture of your house.
  • What makes your house special to you?
  • Would you like to live in a different type of house?
  • Why do you say so?
  • Write a short paragraph about your dream house.

Here we have an example of a Ndebele home . Their houses are always decorated very beautifully. The Ndebele tribe are very proud of their houses. Note the many different patterns.

• Now draw a Ndebele home, decorating it with patterns of your own design.
• Remember that their houses are always very colourful.

• Find two more pictures of other traditional homes. Paste them below.

Patterns

1. Fold an A4 paper in four parts.
2. Draw patterns using a black koki (find examples in magazines and other books).
3. Colour your patterns with pastels or wax crayons.
4. Iron the back of the page with a hot iron.
5. Have it laminated or cover it with cling wrap.
6. It can now be used as a place mat.

Hints: use the paper landscape.

Building materials

• Have you seen that all the houses are not built from the same material?
• See if you can find the right building material for each house: clay, reeds (straw), stone, wood, bricks, corrugated sheets.
• Discuss in class why these houses differ.

• Cut out an advertisement of a house that is for sale from an old newspaper and paste it below:

• Answer the following questions:

• What is the price of the house?
• In what neighbourhood is the house situated?

• Is the house big enough for your family?
• Would you like to live in a house like that?
• What changes would you like to make to the house?

• Design a poster about one of these problems.
• Suggest some possible solutions.
• Now we have reached the end of our journey.
• I hope you enjoyed it thoroughly.
• Tick off, making a cross (no) or a tick (yes) to indicate how you feel about the journey.

Assessment

Memorandum

• Learners can work together in groups to build different houses. (This is an enjoyable project where learners can build the houses in class and work together in groups.)
• Ask learners well in advance to collect advertisements of houses for sale.
• Art: Use an A4 folio on which learners can draw four rows of patterns (Ndebele patterns). Colour them in with pastel crayons. The outlines are drawn with a thick, black koki pen. It can also be laminated and used as a place mat.