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Accessing places - past and present

People and places: connections access transport

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Geography: Year 1 and Year 2
Topic: 
People’s connections to places – Accessing places
How did people travel in the past?

Accessing places - past and present

Student activities

Task no. 1

Engagement

Students observe Sources 1 and 2. Discuss the differences and similarities between how people access different places now and in the past.

Spit Road, Middle Harbour [northern side, showing horse-drawn carts and bicycles], ca. 1900-1910
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The central control room of the Sydney Traffic control centre. 07 Nov 2006,
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