1. SSWH9.G J OHANNES G UTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS

2. H OW WAS PRINTING DONE BEFORE G UTENBERG ?

3. P RE VS. P OST PRINTING P RESS

4. H OW WAS PRINTING DONE BEFORE G UTENBERG ?  Before the invention of the printing press, each page of a book had to be copied by hand by a scribe. This process required a lot of time.  Results:  Books were both rare and extremely expensive  Since few people could afford books, it was difficult for new knowledge to spread

5. G UTENBERG ’ S P RESS  Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and the process of “movable type”  Metal letters were arranged on a plate into the words on a page

6. A DVANTAGES OF THE P RINTING PRESS  This gave printers the ability to create numerous copies of a single page. These pages could then be formed into numerous copies of books.  The work of one year for a scribe could be accomplished by a printing press in no more than two days.

7.  This meant that words and ideas could spread much faster than before  The Protestant Reformation benefitted from this

8. C AN W E R ELATE T O T HIS ? What modern inventions and innovations could the printing press be compared to?