Gutenberg Printing Press

Here's the link to the Google Doc Assignment https://docs.google.com/document/d/11WQ92_iD7MQtO5laVyC5gx6gZG1EyGuucFUf3_Ekh_I/edit?usp=sharing

The Gutenberg Printing Press Activity

1. Read This Before class

2. Watch This Before class

In-Class Activities

3. Take your favorite quote or precept of all time -

   1. A precept is a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought

4. Find letters in newspapers/magazines to make your quote. Capitals must be capitals. Lower case must be lower case, and so on.  Glue your letters to the sheet of paper to make your quote. Your name (handwritten) must be on the back.

Questions to answer after “printing” your quote.

1. The movable type printing press operator had to place each letter individually to make a book or sentence. Based on what you “printed” today, what were some of the disadvantages of this process?

2. What positives stemmed from the invention of the printing press? You might need to do a little research on your own.

3. On the left side of your notebook, compare and contrast using a printing press of long ago to using a computer today.  

4. What improvements have been made since then?