Moving People, Goods and Ideas
People, goods and ideas travel from place to place: why families move, how food and toys reach the shops by ship, lorry, train and plane, and how ideas spread through letters, books, calls and the internet
What a learner can do afterwards
- Give a reason a family might move to a new place (e.g., a new job, to be near grandparents)
- Trace how something reaches them (e.g., 'the banana came on a ship, then a lorry, then to our shop')
- Give an example of an idea travelling (e.g., a recipe, game or song from another country)
1 · Read
Sometimes a family moves to a new home. They might get a new job there. They might want to live near grandparents.
Leo's toy was made in a factory far away. It went on a ship, then a lorry. It arrived at his toy shop.
Ideas travel too, without any lorry. A song, game or recipe can cross the world. Letters, phone calls and the internet carry ideas fast.
People, food and ideas all travel, each in their own way.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
This opens up
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.