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The Printing Process ActivityThe Printing Process Activity
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Perkins School for the Blind
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3rd - 8th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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The Printing Process

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The printing process was a technological innovation that revolutionized the modern world. Your learners with visual impairments can experience this process by creating a print by using letterpress printing. They use cardboard, glue, and textured objects to create printed tactile works of art or words. To enhance the lesson, discuss who invented the printing press and why it was such an important invention.

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  • A great way to incorporate artistic expression and tactile or textured mediums

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  • No background information on the printing press or the engineering process are included 

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