1. Bellwork: March 25 th Number your paper 1-10. To the best of your knowledge, list the ten inventions that have had the greatest impact in the history of the world. View one websites opinion to see how you match. http://www.geniusstuff.com/blog/list/10- inventions-changed-world/http://www.geniusstuff.com/blog/list/10- inventions-changed-world/

2. The Printing Press On your paper: (next blank paper in Comp Book or notebook paper) Top of paper: The Printing Press 1 st line: How did it change society? 2 nd line: Prediction: 3 rd line: (skip) 4 th line: Answer: 5 th line: (skip) 6 th line: (skip) 7 th line: How might this affect Pope’s and Kings? –Humanist ideas spread more quickly as common people questioned the power of the king and pope

3. The Printing Press Read Textbook page 295 View video http://www.history.com/topics/middle- ages/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of- us-the-printing-press Read the handout about the Printing Press Answer questions on your notes paper

4. In your lifetime…. 9 th line: What have you experienced in your lifetime that is similar to the invention of the printing press? 11 th line: How did instant communication (like the use of social media) affect tyrants (dictators) in the Middle East and Africa? –Read the attached handout about the Arab Spring.

5. Exit Ticket 1.How would our world today be different if the printing press was never invented? 2.Does the printing press belong on the list of the “Top 10 inventions that have changed the world?” Why or why not? 3.How did the printing press change society during the Renaissance?