C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Printing Press
A comprehensive learning module on the invention of the printing press that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will learn...
Other
The Importance of the Printing Press for the Protestant Reformation, Part One
An article identifying the significant role the printing press played during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.
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Annie Sechrist: The Role of the Printing Press in the Reformation
Handwritten bibles were seldom found anywhere but within the walls of churches or in the hands of clergymen until the printing press afforded the opportunity for more production, faster, so that anyone willing and able to purchase one...
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Cool Printing Facts
This informational articles provides interesting facts about Johannes Gutenberg's invention, printing press. The author explains how the printing press was important to the writings of William Shakespeare.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Johannes Gutenberg Biography for Kids: Inventor of the Printing Press
Kids learn about Johannes Gutenberg's biography on this site. Read all about the inventor of the printing press that changed the world.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: William Caxton and the Introduction of Printing to England
This article explains how William Caxton brought the printing press to England and published printed versions of works by writers including Chaucer, Malory, Gower, Cicero, and Virgil.
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Gutenberg: Man of the Millennium (German and English)
This resource offers information on Johannes Gutenberg and the history of printing in Germany.
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Gutenberg Digital: Gutenberg and the Gutenberg Bible
An incredible website offering the entire Gutenberg Bible, information about Gutenberg and the history of printing. Rich variety of images and a wealth of information. Loading times will be slow, so be patient. Interactive and complete -...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Johannes Gutenberg
The story of Johnannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), who is credited with inventing the printing press in 1450, although it was actually first invented by the Chinese hundreds of years earlier.
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance: The Spread of Ideas
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the invention of the printing press. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Gutenberg Bible
This page profiles the Gutenberg Bible and the moveable type process used to print. Contains bibliography information and related links.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Electronic Labyrinth: Marshall Mc Luhan and Gutenberg Galaxy
This brief article explores Marshall McLuhan's argument that the electronic age would be the key to restoring the depth of diversity that the print age had destroyed. Plenty to think about.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Electronic Labyrinth: Johannes Gutenberg and the Printed Book
This article describes how Gutenberg revolutionized printing.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Development of Writing and Books [Pdf]
In this lesson, students examine early civilizations and the evolution of written language, the role of the Renaissance in developing the printing process and in distributing information, and the human desire to record information.
Curated OER
Virtual Typewriter Museum: Why Typewriters?
This site provides an early history of the typewriter, from Gutenberg's invention of the printing press through the standard Sholes & Glidden typewriter. Photos and drawings accompany the historical information. Also discusses the...
Curated OER
Virtual Typewriter Museum: Why Typewriters?
This site provides an early history of the typewriter, from Gutenberg's invention of the printing press through the standard Sholes & Glidden typewriter. Photos and drawings accompany the historical information. Also discusses the...
Curated OER
Virtual Typewriter Museum: Why Typewriters?
This site provides an early history of the typewriter, from Gutenberg's invention of the printing press through the standard Sholes & Glidden typewriter. Photos and drawings accompany the historical information. Also discusses the...
Curated OER
Virtual Typewriter Museum: Why Typewriters?
This site provides an early history of the typewriter, from Gutenberg's invention of the printing press through the standard Sholes & Glidden typewriter. Photos and drawings accompany the historical information. Also discusses the...