The "What's in a House?" Educational Program
"What's in a House" is a popular educational program I designed to be able to be taught anywhere in grades K - 12
(with approriate adjustments in curriculum content.). It's important to take children beyond the stereotype that
all "Indians" lived in tipis. The program shows how Native Americans used materials available to create a comfortable
and safe living environment. It also looks at the sophisticated social environments in which such things as the
Iroquois Longhouse and the West Coast Cedar Houses, both multiple family dwellings, operated. A look at art forms,
both fine and utilitarian, in relationship to the architecture is also included in the program.
For free downloadable patterns for a paper Iroquois Longhouse model, a plains indian tipi diorama,
several housing styles paper models from prehistoric Ohio, plus a Northwest coast Cedar House visit the teacher's
resources page of my website by clicking here.
List of House Models Shown Below:
Tlingit Cedar House | Iroquois Longhouse |
Ft. Ancient House | Lakota Sioux Tipi |
Eastern Wigwam
Eskimo Igloo | SW Pueblo
Tlingit Two-beamed House
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Tlingit Cedar House Interior
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An Iroquois Longhouse
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Interior View of Iroquois Longhouse
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Ft. Ancient House circa 1200 AD
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Interior View of Ft. Ancient House
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Lakota Tipi
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Lakota Tipi Interior View
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Eastern Wigwam
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Eastern Wigwam Interior View
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Pueblo House
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Interior View of Pueblo House
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An Eskimo Igloo
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Of course this isn't even close to an exhaustive list of architectural styles.
The list will expand as time goes on and I build more models.
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Illustrations from worksheet handouts
Susan K. Nelson is a Licentiate Member of
The Association of Archaeological Illustrators & Surveyors,
University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK.
She has a Master of Arts degree in Archaeology Education from the
McGregor School at Antioch University.
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