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VocabularyVocabulary

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parchment

They wrote their messages on the parchment paper.

paper

quill

The quill was dipped into the ink to write on the parchment paper.

A feather

scribes

Scribes, people who copied manuscripts, were very important long ago.

One who copied books

manuscripts

This manuscript is a compilation of the early records of calendar days.

books

tinker

He tinkered with his creation and came up with a different one.

Make small changes

Background KnowledgeBreaking into Print’s Breaking into Print’s purpose is to share information and facts. Thus, it’s

genre is expository.

• This is a story of invention and refining of a tool we take for granted, a tool that transformed reading from a domain of the elite to one open to the masses.

•You can read about the famous Johannes Gutenberg press in encyclopedias, Who’s Who references, on the Internet, and so on.

•The story begins around A.D. 742 when books were copied by hand and were very expensive. Students had to memorize information because they didn’t have their own books.

•The first book Gutenberg published was the Bible, considered to be the most important book of the time in Europe.

Preview and PreparePreview and Prepare

• What is the title and the name of the author and illustrator?

• Preview the selection’s pictures, what can you gather from them?

• How did the printing press change the way people communicate?

• What do you think the author’s purpose for writing this selection is?

Gutenberg’s printing press

                                 

                               

Page of the Gutenberg Bible

                                   

                      

Movable type and a printed page dated 1403

                                   

                      

                                   

                      

Video clips to view

Go to folder titled Video- 3 clips

-view in their order3 other clips are also about

scribes and print in the video folder title medieval.

Mesopotamia: The Development of Written Language

Elementary Video Adventures: Times Medieval