Before the Printing press by Anouska

On Friday Room 11 got into groups and made a play on what it was like before people had books. The rich people were able to read because they had the money to be educated. Only the rich people and the priest knew how to read and write. This time was around 1445. There was not a lot of books then so the only ones that were published were hand made and most of them were bibles. They were very expensive. Imagine this as your job, to copy out a big thick bible every day! The priests told them that the earth was flat and if you walked straight for a long time you would fall of the edge of the world. Then the printing press was invented. The poor loved the idea but the rich people didn't so much. They liked the hand made books better. But here we are, and most of the books we have now are printed.
By Anouska.

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