1. What do you like and dislike about trains? 2. Is the train system in your country good? 3. Do you like over ground or underground trains? 4. Do you like long-distance train journeys? 5. What do you usually do on a train? 6. Do you like train stations? 7. What strange people have you come across on a train? 8. What will trains be like in the future?
If you live in the United States, you may live in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Or maybe you live in Mountain Standard Time or one of the other standardized time zones. But these time zones have not always been
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around. In fact, it’s a fairly recent development. William Heuisler explains the history of time and how trains changed everything.
Lesson by William Heuisler, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.
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