Making+the+News

__Telecommunications:__ Telecommunication is used today to communicate and transmit much news. Use the website below to complete the tasks:
 * __History Task 1__**
 * __News websites__** - a link to the news page on the reading wiki which will help you to research current news stories.
 * __History Task 2__**

1) Find out what tele and telecommunication mean, their origin and original meanings. You may wish to use a dictionary

2) List as many words as you can that have 'tele' as a prefix and a connection with communication.

[|Tele - definition] - a website which gives you the definition of tele and examples of other words with the prefix tele.

__**History Task 3**__ The following websites will help you to find out about how people received the news and how the news was made in the past:

[|History of making the news] [|Newspapers - brief History] - Lots of information about the history of newspapers including a timeline [|History of Communication] - an excellent web site to teach you about the history of communication [|The History of Communication] - detailed information including a timeline [|History of all sorts of communication] - information about the history of a variety of forms of communication

__**History Task 4 - Paul Revere**__ __[|Biography of Paul Revere]__ __[|Information about Paul Revere]__ __[|Poem - Paul Revere's Ride]__ __**History Task 5**__ __[|History of communication devises]__