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)
The lesson
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.
Watch it
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.