★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #11
The Printing Press DBQ
The printing press: the most important invention of its time?
Was the printing press the most important invention of its time? Students use book data, Luther's Theses, and earlier movable type from China and Korea to decide.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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- Teacher presentation (12 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (22 pages): hook, background essay, documents with analysis questions, sourcing organizer, bucketing and outline, writing task, 4-point rubric, teacher guide with answer key and sample essay
- Scaffolded version (13 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key
The documents
- Data: books before and after print
- Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses spread
- Presses spread across Europe
- Erasmus on print
- Movable type in China and Korea
- Jost Amman’s print shop (1568)
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 47 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.H.CE.1, 7.E.ST.3, 7.H.CO.1, 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE, 7.I.CC