Types of Houses Around the World – Activity

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Activity Introduction

An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about famous houses types in different countries.

Different Types of Houses

What do you know about these houses?

Where are these houses?

Who were the first people to build it?

How does your house look like? Can you draw it?

Do you have a favourite kind of houses? Tell us more about it.

What are the colours of your house or your dream house?

Do you like reading about Geography? What is your favorite country in the whole world?

Different Types of Houses Activity

The activity is perfect for encouraging the researching skills for the students, while learning more about this fantastic houses.

Different Types of Houses

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instructions

Cut all the cards out and glue them on the right type of house.

Format

Available in a PDF format.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Match a written feature description to the correct house type among six options.
Distinguish between similar house types (e.g., detached vs. semi-detached vs. terrace) based on how each relates to neighboring structures.

Teaching tips

Have scissors and glue ready before starting, since the task is a cut-and-paste sorting activity.
Discuss unfamiliar terms such as dormer windows, verandas, and storey before students sort the cards, since the descriptions use those words without defining them.
Use as a small-group sorting station, since the 12 description cards can be laid out and matched collaboratively rather than completed individually first.

Skills covered

Feature-based classification — students sort 12 description cards under 6 house types based on written clues.
Vocabulary application — students apply terms like dormer windows, verandas, and storey to identify the correct house type.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do the description cards name the house type, or just give clues?

Just clues — each of the 12 cards describes a feature, such as 'shares a wall with the next house,' without naming the house type, so students have to match the description to the correct header themselves.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

house types
geography
classification sorting

Topics

geography geography facts geography facts for kids House matching activity

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