News

Travels
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by Molly Blaisdell
 News
Travels
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 In the Past
Sharing news and ideas is called
communication. In the past, people drew
pictures on rocks to share news. Later,
people wrote books by hand.

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 The printing press made it easy to make
books and newspapers. People could learn
the news quickly.

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 Big Changes
Other things changed communication,
too. Telephones let people talk at any
time. Radios and TVs bring news into
our homes.

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 Computers make communication easy.
The Internet helps people everywhere
communicate. You can send mail to a friend
without paper.

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 In the Future
Communication keeps getting faster.
Once it took weeks to learn the news.
Today, people get the news when it
happens.

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 How will people communicate in the
future? Your watch may be a telephone.
You could talk on the phone
by using your watch!

E-Paper
A new kind of paper is
called electronic paper,
or e-paper. It is light and
thin. It can be used over
and over. One day soon,
newspapers may be
printed on it.

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 1. How did people share news long ago?
2. Name one invention that changed how
people communicate.
3. Why is it helpful to get the news
as it happens?
4. How do you think communication
will change?

Work with a partner. Act out one way

people share news and ideas.

Photo Credits
Front Cover Corbis. 2 Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY; 3 Minnesota Historical Society/Corbis; 4 (t) PhotoDisc, Inc., (c) Rachel
Epstein/PhotoEdit, Inc., (b) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit, Inc.; 5 Michael Newman/Photo Edit; 6 (bkgd) Corbis/Punch Stock,
(inset) David Young-Wolff/Photo Edit; 7 (t) Laura Rauch/AP Photo, (c) Fujitsu Ltd.,HO/AP Photo.