How do you get about today? How much does it cost? What makes it possible? How would Seville have been different 100 years ago?
Changes in transport! L/O: To use sources of information in order to determine the changes that were made by railways and other changes in transport! ube.com/watch? v=3Efq- aNBkvc
How did railways have an impact on our lives? LEVEL 4 Change you have found Details about why this would bring change Types of change – economic / social / environmental
Conclusion: LEVEL 5 What impact did the changes in transport have on Britain? Think! – LEVEL 6 Do you think all the impacts were positive? Can you think of any negatives?
Turnpike trusts were local companies that were set up to maintain roads. They were toll roads, where the user had to pay a fee (a toll) to use the road.
Economic Changes How many horses would be needed to transport 40 tons by road in one day? Railways cut the cost of transporting goods
Victorian postal and news service
Man made canals
Who benefited from these new jobs? ? ? ?
Social Changes GMT?
Cultural Changes What is this woman doing? Why did authors become more famous?
Environmental Changes Impact on the landscape?
How did railways create more jobs? Railways make the moving of goods cheaper. Goods can now be sold for less. More people can afford to buy these goods More goods are sold & so more need to be produced. Businessmen employ more workers. More people with jobs means … This is called the Cycle of Prosperity