They build bridges over rivers. They construct storm walls to keep the ocean from sweeping over beaches. In some places near the coasts people build their houses on stilts to protect them from storm tides or periodic floods. Ask children if they did not have a faucet with running water, where would they live. Regardless of where we live, we rely upon each other for goods and information.
Most people interact with other places almost every day.
We depend on other places for food, clothes, and even items like pencils. We share information with each other using telephones, newspapers, radio, and television to bridge the distances. Different ways to travel Ask children if they have been on an airplane, a train, a subway, a ferry, a barge, a horse, a carriage. Use a map to look at various routes for different methods of transportation. Tell children to look at home and see where things come from.