How has transportation on wheels changed over time?

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How has transportation on wheels changed over
time?

• By Katie Lemay, Moeez Raza, Caleb Jiggetts, Adam
  Temesghen

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As a group we thought transportation over time
was a great topic because it influences our world
so much today.
How we got our project Idea
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But then we decided to do how transportation on
wheels changed over time, because we use that
type of transportation everyday ourselves.
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In our presentation you will learn about how
transportation on wheels has changed over time.
Introduction
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For Centuries the whole world traveled on foot,
Then in 3,000 B.C. the Mesopotamians made a
invention that changed it all
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Long, long ago Mesopotamians invented two
incredible inventions we call the wheel and wagon.
The first wheel
The wheel and wagon
The modern wheel
Wheel and wagon
Today
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Centuries later in Great Britain stagecoaches
were made and used
1670 stagecoaches
Today
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In the late 1700s the steam train was invented
Today
Late 1700s steam train
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In the mid 1800s the first electric train was
made.
Mid 1800s electric train
Today
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The Model-T was made in 1907 by Henry Ford
Model-T
Today
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The Diesel Train was made in 1910.
Diesel train Today
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In 2009 a new type of car called a hybrid is
invented and it does not pollute, also it is an
electric car.
Hybrid car is invented
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Timeline
3,000 b. c. wheel wagon
1907 Model T
Late 1700s steam train
2009 hybrid cars
1670 stagecoaches
1923 diesel train
Mid 1800s electric trains
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Summary

• Transportation has changed dramatically over
  time. The events we included were we thought were
  the greatest creations of transportation on
  wheels. Transportation effects us so much today
  because of the inventors and their ideas.
  Transportation will keep the world moving.

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