To understand the many needs that housing fulfills. To see the relationship between needs and values and how they can relate to housing needs. To understand how society can influence housing today. To recognize how history, climate, resources, demographics, and cultural patterns have influenced housing. Learning Objectives Notes To understand the meaning of basic physical and emotional human needs and how these needs can influence housing needs.
Students are to define basic physical and emotional human needs and give examples.
To recognize how emotional needs have influenced housing. Ask the students to create a list of emotional needs. Identify which of the needs on the list relate to housing needs. Examine the emotional needs listed by the students and discuss how the needs would affect housing. To appreciate the evolution of housing and to show how it evolved to meet human needs using available materials.