Inventions That Changed Everything
Big inventions that transformed the world, including the wheel, printing press, and electricity, and why they mattered.
Key Questions
- 1What inventions have changed the way people live?
- 2If you could invent something, what would it be and why?
- 3What makes an invention really important?
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