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Inventors Ladder · Middle school · Grade 5–9

Renaissance and the Printing Press

Gutenberg's movable type, ink and press, and Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks full of flying machines, most never built in his lifetime.

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2 topics in 2 units. Builds on Ancient and Medieval Inventors. Leads to The Scientific Revolution. Not sure this is the right course? Find your rung.

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Unit 1 The Printing Press

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Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz: metal type, oil-based ink and the press, about 1450.

  1. Gutenberg: Movable Type, Ink and the Press

Unit 2 Leonardo's Notebooks

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Leonardo da Vinci: thousands of pages of studies, machines and flying devices.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci: Notebooks and Flying Machines