Straw House Life Lesson Plan
		More Straw House Reading Suggested Internet Sites

	Internet resources for additional information on sod houses, straw houses and log cabins. Sod House Links Sod house picture Ages 4 -  Adult Color photo of a dugout sod house. Pioneer Camera Sod Houses Ages 4 -  Adult Photographs of more elaborate, free standing sod houses. Pella's straw houses were tiny dugouts. Museum of Westward Expansion Tour: The Farmers Ages 9 -  Adult Information on pioneer sod houses. Follow the sod house link for a description of sod house life and a picture of items commonly found inside sod houses. Sod House Information Sheet Ages 9 -  Adult Details on sod house construction. Peat harvesting Town of Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands Ages Upper level and Adult Excerpt from The Windmill Herald, Jan. 24, 2000. History and preservation of a peat harvesting colony. Founder of Eastern Dutch Peat Colony of Dedemsvaart Ages Upper level and Adult Feature article from The Windmill Herald, Nov. and Dec., 1991. Includes information on the life of peat diggers and their dugout turf houses. Harvesting Peat became a Way of Life Ages Upper level and Adult Excerpt from The Windmill Herald, Dec. 7, 1996. Recounts the migration of the peat harvesters north into the Dutch province of Friesland and the devastating effects digging peat had on the environment.
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