Writing Activity Book
Pam Harper(Author)
British Museum Press
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
16 pages
978-0-7141-1762-1 (ISBN)
Description
The first in a new series of activity books which use games and puzzles to explore themes and topics relating to past cultures. Writing supplies vital evidence for historical events, and today most of us take written communucation for granted, but how, when and where did it come to be invented? The answer is in no time or place. Separate writing traditions developed in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Mesoamerica and China in different eras. Through activities this book helps children to recognize and try out the diversity of both ancient and modern writing systems, materials and implements; to grasp the differences between pictographic writing and alphabets; and begin to understand the use and significance of literacy, whether in a tiny scribal elite or in the majority of the population.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
16pp line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 291 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7141-1762-1 (9780714117621)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
How and where did writing develop?; why was writing useful?; use of signs/picture writing; earliest alphabets; how were children taught to write in the past?; who and why? - purpose and audience; how can writing help us find out about the past?; printing and the changes it brought; impact of new technology.