Today Room 11 got into groups and started practicing plays about what life would be like before the printing press with rich people and the poor people, and one group practiced what life is like after the printing press with normal people.
Before the printing press was invented in 1445, poor people could not read or write, so they spent their whole life working on farms, and they had to go to church to hear about what was happening around the world, and usually that news would be about two weeks plus late.
Only rich people and important people could read and write and the only two points for them to be able to read and write. One was because they were the only ones that could afford books because books were extremely expensive since all of them were hand written and can you imagine how long it took them to write books? No wonder they were expensive! The other reason was because they could afford for their family to be educated.
But when the printing press was invented, it was a bit of a derision with the rich people, they liked hand written books better, but it meant that the poor people could learn to read and write because using a printing press was cheaper than hand written books.
That is why nowadays we all know how to read and the printing press has gradually evolved over time, and now printers are part of our daily technology.
By Toby.
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