Y3 C4

Communication happens when people speak and write. This means they have

• shared information, stories, ideas and feelings

• expressed their thoughts and opinions.
  

• exchanged messages using words or symbols

Which was the first writing system?

• Cuneiform

• Moveable type

• Printing press

Along a network of roads, riders would collect fresh ...... or......

• horses, to hand the messages to new riders.

• grass, to read the messages.

• food, keep the messages.

When trade spread to many countries, messenger services was .......

• important for merchants to communicate.

• • merchants didn't need messengers because they could talk instantly.

• • traders only met in person and didn't use messengers.

The invention of the printing press, more people learnt to read and write. People.........so......... became an important business

• wrote more letters, delivering mail

• wrote email, sending emails

• wrote messages, sending messages on phones

A receiving phone turns...... back into sound with the help of using communication........

• signals, satellite

• sound, morse code

• taps, telegram

In the past we used mail coaches, ships, railways and airplanes now we use

• electronic mail

• telegram

• pigeon post

Telegraph messages uses a special morse code. It is made up of

• dots and dashes

• cross and blanks

• cross and ticks

In the past daily messages were posted for people to read. Next, ..... was the only form of mass communication for hundreds of years.

• newspapers

• smart phones

• radio

The invention of radio, sends .......... from sound through the air and ......... received the signal to turn the signal back into sound.

• energy, a radio set

• messages, a satellite

• codes, a phone