https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav Reading & Note Taking KOC 2021 en-us 2021-08-11 18:23:14 UTC 2021-08-11 18:43:00 UTC hello@padlet.com katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675838255 "But the earliest examples of “writing” were either on pieces of stone or wood. This “writing” was usually to record numbers, lists, or other information."]]> 2021-08-11 18:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675838255 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675840755 Ancient Egyptians used "pages" made from the papyrus plant. Greeks and Romans would wrap scrolls in wood to transport them.

"They would carefully wrap the scroll around a large piece of wood, so that it could be stored or transported. Then, the reader could unwind the scroll in a grand gesture, to be read out loud. Scrolls were used until the 8th century A.D. (~700s)."]]> 2021-08-11 18:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675840755 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675841906 "Around this time, in another part of the world, parchment was created from calf skin or deer skin."

"This material was less likely to tear, and there was a shortage of papyrus."]]> 2021-08-11 18:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675841906 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675844181 "The first book ever written, that we know of, is The Epic of Gilgamesh. Telling the mythical story of an important political figure from history, this book was written around 2100 B.C.E."]]> 2021-08-11 18:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675844181 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675847013 The oldest printed text is "“Jikji Simche Yojeol,” a Buddhist document that was published in Korean in 1377. They learned that the “Jikji” was actually the world’s first printed book. It was first printed at the Heungdeok Temple as a textbook for students of Zen Buddhism."]]> 2021-08-11 18:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675847013 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675850976 "Johannes Gutenberg built the first printing press in 1445. He printed the Gutenberg Bible."]]> 2021-08-11 18:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675850976 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675853857 These are available online!

"In 1971, Michael Gutenberg launched the Gutenberg Library by publishing a copy of The Declaration of Independence. This became the very first eBook on the Internet."]]> 2021-08-11 18:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675853857 katherinecho50 https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675856667 "In the 19th century, publishers started printing hardcover books, trying to sell to wealthier households."]]> 2021-08-11 18:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinecho50/4ts1zpxq8xfhybav/wish/1675856667