Author: Amanda McGarrigle

HISTORY Term 3
Travel
How has travel and transport changed throughout history?
Brunel—how has he changed how we travel?

Background Information
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a mechanical and civil engineer. He built the Great Western Railway, The Thames Tunnel, The Clifton Suspension Bridge and The Royal Albert Bridge.
Transport has changed over time—the first car was invented in 1886, the first plane was invented in 1903 by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Being able to travel has changed how people live and where they live.

In this unit the children will…
We will look at how travel and transport has changed over the past 200 years.
We will look at the first car and who invented in. We will then compare this with modern cars and how they have improved.
We will look at the first aeroplane and who invented it and flew it. We will compare it with modern planes and how they have changed.
We will learn about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and find out about some of his main inventions and how they changed the way people lived.

By the end of this unit….
All children can:
To be able to see how transport has changed over time.
To be able to compare the first car and modern car.
To be able to compare the first aeroplane and modern aeroplanes.
To know that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an important person who helped to change how people lived and travelled.
To know some of the inventions of Brunel.
Most children will:
To begin to understand how advances in transport helped people in the past—to travel for work, to live in new places, to holiday.
Some children will:
Know who invented the first car.
Know who invented the first aeroplane.

How do we travel now?
(where have we travelled?)
The first car. (and a comparison with modern cars)
The first aeroplane ( and a comparison with modern planes)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - some of his engineering inventions.

Key Vocabulary
Transport—the movement of people of goods from one place to another.
Engineer—someone who invents, designs and builds machines and structures.
Great Western Railway—a railway that linked London with the south west and west of England, the West midlands and most of Wales.
Clifton Suspension Bridge—a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorse and the River Avon.
The Thames Tunnel—an underwater tunnel under the Thames in London.
Royal Albert Bridge—a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall.