1 On the first page of this book, you know that you are in the 20th century. Why?
2 How does Emma get to school and her mother get to work?
3 How is the post delivered to the house?
4 How does Bruce come from Australia to Ireland?
5 How did his great-great grandfather, Daniel, go from Ireland to Australia?
Draw...!
Draw a picture of a modern car.
Fact File
Up to the nineteenth century transport was by either person power, or horse power. Then steam power was invented and that ran the trains. the end of the nineteenth century Daimler invented the internal combustion engine and then we had cars in the 20th century. Aeroplanes were invented around the time of the first World War and played an important part in the second World War.
Explore...!
Look at a map and see where Shannon airport is. Why would aeroplanes from America stop there before they go to Dublin?
Imagine......!
Imagine that you are going by aeroplane to Australia. Write a description of your journey.
Imagine waking up one morning and finding that there were no trains, no buses, no aeroplane: just man power and horse power. Write a description of how that could happen and how you would cope.
