2.3 Housing the Family

• Reasons for housing the family
• Categories of houses in the community (traditional and modern; permanent, semi-permanent, temporary)
• Methods of housing the family: building, buying, renting
• The rooms of a house and their functions
• The interrelationship of rooms (how rooms connect and flow)

• explain reasons for housing the family
• categorise houses found in the community
• describe methods of housing the family
• relate rooms to their functions in the house
• appreciate room interrelationship when housing the family

“What does housing the family entail?”

“Why is room interrelationship in the house important?”

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1. Housing the family
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   Why families need housing, the categories of houses in the community, the methods of getting a home (build, buy, rent), and how the rooms of a house relate to their functions and to one another.
2. Categories of houses
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   Traditional and modern styles, and permanent, semi-permanent and temporary materials, using houses in your own community.
3. Building, buying or renting
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Three methods of housing the family, with advantages, disadvantages and the factors that decide.
4. Rooms and their functions
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   What each main room is for, so later you can place related rooms together.
5. Room interrelationship
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Why related rooms sit together, and how a poor layout wastes work and privacy.