Before cell phones, social networking, and email, people wrote ..... by hand. It took weeks to arrive from different countries.
letters
This is a machine from the 1930s. It was used for sending ....
morse code
The code uses circles for short sounds and lines for long sounds.
morse code
What tell us stories from the past?
cave paintings
What do we call this?
alphabet
This is the very first alphabet. The letters are very straight and written from the right to left.
phoenician letters
The family sat together and listened to it.
a radio
It was operated by hand and you can see some very old printed books.
printing press
Now we can send messages to friends in seconds - even in different countries!
text message
They were a type of writings from many years ago. They look like pictures, not letters.
hieroglyphics