Potato Stamp Monogram

Hands-on Activity

Potato Stamp Monogram

Printing Press Inquiry Unit

Printing Press Inquiry Unit (Alternate Formative Performance Task, Supporting Question 1) Potato Stamp Monogram Create a pad of personally monogrammed writing paper in the style of Gutenberg pri…

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Compass Hands-on Activity

Hands-on Activity

Compass Hands-on Activity

Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit

Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit Compass Lesson Plan - Supporting Question 3 Task With a towel placed over their heads and the only visual being that of a magnetized needle, set on a plasti…

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Printing Press Inquiry Unit

Printing Press - Document 3C Excerpt Woodcut illustration in medical textbook. De Humani Corporis Fabrica... Basel, 1543. Woodcut. National Library of Medicine. Andreas Vesalius [anatomist] (1514-…

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Latin Sheet Music, 1535

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Latin Sheet Music, 1535

Printing Press Inquiry Unit

Printing Press - Document 3A Excerpt Early Printed Manuscript Visit Source Download PDF…

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Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica

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Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Printing Press Inquiry Unit

Printing Press - Document 3E Excerpt Image from De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Illustration included within printed medical textbook. Visit Source Download PDF…

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Early Maritime Navigation

Inquiry Unit

Early Maritime Navigation

The open sea is a never-ending desert of water – the same in all directions. How did ancient mariners cross the ocean without GPS? The principles behind “modern” innovations used by our GPS-enab…

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The Printing Press

Inquiry Unit

The Printing Press

The Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, the 2016 Presidential Campaign, are all recent events, which were driven by social media. Though Twitter was only recently invented, the movement of technology-dri…

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