Early Communications
History · 5th Year · Continuity and Change: Transport and Communications · 3o Periodo

Early Communications

Learn about how people shared information before electricity, including messengers, the postal service, and the telegraph.

NCCA Curriculum SpecificationsNCCA Primary School Curriculum History Fifth and Sixth Classes: Continuity and change over time;Explore the history of communications from early postal services to the telegraph.

About This Topic

Learn about how people shared information before electricity, including messengers, the postal service, and the telegraph.

Key Questions

  1. How long did it take for news to travel across the country before the telegraph?
  2. Why was the establishment of a reliable postal service so important?
  3. How did the telegraph change the way governments and businesses operated?

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