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 about the first printing by the Gutenberg press, how the printing press made it possible to preserve history, and how it encouraged exploration. The module can be downloaded in PDF or DOC format.

Concepts

printing

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Additional Tags

impact of printing press, spread of printing press, columbus's first letter, gutenberg bible, gutenberg press, inquiry design model

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

RH.9-10.3