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Today we will be...Comparing the lives of William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee.
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Communication Then and Now
Tim Berners-LeeWilliam Caxton
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What can you remember about these two men? Why are they important?
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William Caxton was the first person to bring a printing press to England in the year 1476. The
printing press meant that books no longer had to be written out by hand which took a long time and made books very expensive. The printing press allowed books to be made quickly and cheaply. This meant everyone
was able to access books for the first time.
Can you remember some of the ways in which the printing
press changed people’s lives?
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Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of the world wide web. The web allows us to use the internet to find out all sorts of information from different web pages. It also allows us to send and receive emails, and to connect with people anywhere in
the world.
Can you think of some ways that the web has changed
people’s lives?
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web.
AD 0 500 1000 1500 2000
Thousands and thousands of years ago, people drew pictures and symbols on cave walls.
Around 3000 BC the ancient Egyptians started writing using hieroglyphics.
In 1476, William Caxton
brought the first printing
press to Britain.
In the 1830s, telegraph
machines were invented that
sent Morse code messages.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone.
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A timeline showing the history of communication
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Born 1422Died 1492
Born 1955
Tim Berners-Lee is still alive today but William Caxton lived more than five hundred years ago.
How do you think life was different when Caxton was alive to life today?
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Born 1422Died 1492
Born 1955
What is different about the kinds of clothes we wear?
What is different about what our homes are like?
What is different about we find out
information?
What is different about the kinds of
foods we eat?
What is different about how we
travel from place to place?
What is different about how we contact our friends and families?
What is different about the things we have
invented?
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Read the sentences on the next slides. Do you think the sentence is being said by William
Caxton or Tim Berners-Lee? Click on the pictures
to see if you’re right!
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William Caxton Tim Berners-Lee
Click on the picture to show who you think is saying the sentence.
I started my career as a merchant. I travelled from place to place in ships and in horse-drawn carriages.
I learned lots of new things as I travelled.
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William Caxton
Absolutely right! It was
William Caxton.
What made you guess that it was William Caxton and not Tim Berners-Lee?
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Tim Berners-Lee
Oh dear! That wasn’t the right answer!
It was William Caxton who was a merchant. Tim Berners-Lee would have travelled in cars
and aeroplanes if he was a merchant.
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William Caxton Tim Berners-Lee
Click on the picture to show who you think is saying the sentence.
When I was a little boy, I was really interested in maths and electronics. I liked playing with my
electric toy trains.
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Tim Berners-Lee
Absolutely right! It was Tim
Berners-Lee!
What made you guess that it was Tim Berners-Lee and not William Caxton?
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William Caxton
Oh dear! That wasn’t the right answer!
It was Tim Berners-Lee who enjoyed playing with electric trains. Electronics hadn’t been
invented when Caxton was alive.
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William Caxton Tim Berners-Lee
Click on the picture to show who you think is saying the sentence.
I was honoured with a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II because of my important invention.
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Tim Berners-Lee
Absolutely right! It was Tim
Berners-Lee!
What made you guess that it was Tim Berners-Lee and not William Caxton?
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William Caxton
Oh dear! That wasn’t the right answer!
It was Tim Berners-Lee who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. She is
our queen now so it couldn’t have been Caxton!
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William Caxton Tim Berners-Lee
Click on the picture to show who you think is saying the sentence.
When I want to send a message to a friend, I write a letter, seal it with wax and pay a messenger to take it to the right person. If the seal has been broken when it gets to the other
person, I know the messenger opened the letter.
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William Caxton
Absolutely right! It was
William Caxton.
What made you guess that it was William Caxton and not Tim Berners-Lee?
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Tim Berners-Lee
Oh dear! That wasn’t the right answer!
It was William Caxton who sealed his letters with wax. Tim Berners-Lee can send emails, text messages, letters in the post or
can just phone or text the person he is trying to contact.
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