Sod house

The Nez Perce homes were longhouses, these homes would have been a more permanent residence. They would have been made out of wood or sticks. These homes would be covered in reeds, grass, or skins. Meanwhile they could have held up to 20-40 people in one. Another kind of home the Nez Perce used were teepees. Unlike the longhouses these homes were used on hunting grounds. This was because they are easy to take down and move. The teepees were made out of deer and buffalo skin. The Nez Perce clothing was substantially different, for women they wore dresses that covered them from their neck to their knees. They would decorate them and these dresses would be made from buffalo hides for warmth. For men in the tribes they would wear shirts made from…

see life as both a gift and responsibility. My responsibility is to use what God has given me to help his people in need.” (Millard Fuller). That quote tells me that habitat for humanity is all about helping people and was started to make the world a better place by helping those in need. I am getting involved with habitat for humanity because I have the same values as them and want to help people in need. I want to help build houses for families because I have always grown up in a house with my…

the wardrobe, and I sit up straighter to peek inside over his shoulder. Two starched suits, four seam-pressed white shirts, an armful of folded sweatpants, T-shirts and jeans, and at the very bottom, two pairs of sneakers and two pair of polished shoes. Noah shrugs out of his shirt and the desire builds. Really, why does he have to be so damn sexy? His back muscles flex as he snags one of the plain white T-shirts and hauls it over his head. “Are you really going to hook up with Zachary?” he…

the big move from New York to Texas. The house we lived in was my childhood home and my husband and I shared it for fifteen years together. This was not going to be an easy task. Our first hurdle was preparing for this huge adventure. Secondly, we needed to drive both cars down. That meant that we would not have the other person to take over driving when our eyelids became as heavy as weights over our eyes. Finally, we would need to settle into this strange new world. My husband’s family…

Growing up in my childhood, I never really made a lot of friends. In my early years of education, I was very sociable, but to my dismay, people just didn’t seem the friendly type. I never really did feel safe in the school district. That being said, there was only one place that I would always go to relax and get the stress of my mind, and that would be my humble abode, my home. Because I walked to school on a regular basis, I always knew where to go, even during the renovations. I mean, I could…

This selection was written to describe the conditions of tenement houses, overcrowded slums that filled New York City during the late 1900’s. The first sentence of this selection states, “The first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birth, though a generation passed before the writing was deciphered.” The author means that tenement houses were “cursed,” or were terrible creations from the very beginning, but this was ignored and not tended to for a long time. The owners of…

we arrived to Dayton it was dark. Unfortunately for us, the house were we going was not in the city but the outskirts. Once we showed up at the house, we were both pretty creped out. A really run down house in the woods, on top of a hill, no trespassing signs everywhere, and only one porch light on. It was the kind of light that is plugged in, but hanging by its wires swinging back and forth in the wind. The sunroom on the house was collapsed, only two walls were able to hold the ceiling up. One…

economic supply and demand as well as the seasonal weather. Other jobs that were more skilled, such as bakers and carpenters earned around nine dollars per week. Working in domestic work, as a waiter or bartender, earned them not much more than an unskilled laborer (five dollars per week). Working such low paying jobs made it difficult for immigrants to pay the cost of living and feed their families. This forced immigrants of all ethnic backgrounds to live in tenement houses. These houses…

For example, by turning a stair into a piano, more people opted to take the stairs rather than the elevator because it was more fun to take the piano stairs. Every year at the boarding school I attended, we were required to participate in the annual inter-house sport event. This event was probably the least anticipated event all year, it was dreadful and tedious as there was nothing to look forward because there was no recognition for winners and we always had to clean up the fields after the…

Apartments and houses are very different from one another. I lived in an apartment complex for about six years, and there are plenty of advantages and disadvantages from my experience about that style of living. Living in an apartment is sometimes unsafe. When I was 11 years old, and my brother was 16. My brother tripped onto the street while riding his bike. There was a woman driving over the speed limit and ran my brother over leaving him with a fractured arm. My brother was rushed to the…