1. Countryside Housing Lesson starter:
Do you think housing in the countryside would have been better or worse than that in the cities?
Provide reasons for your answer.

2. Today we will…
Identify the differences between city and countryside housing

3. Thinking Exercise
In the country, people built their own homes as there were no homes to rent
They were not stupid, but had to rely on the skills they had
They could use the materials on the land
You are going to design your own rural house with the materials on the next slide…

4. (if you lived near the sea)
You have…
Stone
As much as you like
Dung/mud
As much as you like
A rope
Trees
2 small ones OR
Whale bones
(if you lived near the sea)
Turf OR
Dried heather
As much as you like

5. Try and design a rural house with these materials
Sketch it in your jotter and label each part
You may ONLY use these materials

6. A Scottish Blackhouse

8. A typical highland house was called a Blackhouse.
Rural Housing
Countryside (or rural) housing was often even worse than that in the cities. Farmers built the houses themselves and had to use the materials they had.
Few rural homes had amenities like toilets. The houses were poorly ventilated and people lived too close to animals.
A typical highland house was called a Blackhouse.

9. Highland Blackhouse
Copy the diagram of the Blackhouse on p25 into your jotter
Add the following labels;
Turf or dried heather roof
Stones to keep the roof down
Dry stone dyke walls
Gaps for ventilation

10. Today we will…
Identify the differences between city and countryside housing