A Shelter so High!
This chapter from NCERT Looking Around, Class 5, Chapter 13 climbs to homes built for harsh climates. Children compare houses on stilts, sloping wooden roofs that shed snow, houseboats, tents, and mud houses with thick walls that stay cool. Examples from Kashmir, Ladakh, Assam, and Rajasthan show how rainfall, snow, earthquakes, and heat shape doors, windows, and roofs. The lesson teaches that shelters answer the land and weather, blending local materials with clever design.
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