1. Great Inventions in the History of Mankind
Invention of Paper
Great Inventions in the History of Mankind

2. Try to guess the meaning of the following words
to pound
mulberry tree
hemp

3. Two more things were needed to invent paper
wood ashes
rags

4. It was Tsai Lun who dreamt to make paper from different fibrous plants

5. Can you put these pictures in the right order for the process of making paper? (There is one Russian word to help you)

6. Fortunately paper manufacturing came to Europe
In Britain it was William Caxton, the first book printer
In Russian it was Ivan Fedorov, the first book printer

7. One can’t help living without paper
There is a museum of paper
Piles of paper need
to be turned into
computer files

8. There are no limits for human imagination (see the models of paper dresses)