History of Literacy
Instruction | Key
Milestones, Methods &
Reading Education
Development | Study
Guide
|Guaranteed success|
, Who is credited with the first The Phoenicians.
alphabetic system?
What was the primary purpose of the To represent letters or sounds rather than full words.
Phoenician alphabet?
What role did Phoenician traders play They spread the alphabet through trade along the
in the alphabet's history? Mediterranean Sea.
What educational system emerged Universities.
during the era of scholasticism?
What was the primary focus of Education as an intellectual discipline.
education during the late Middle
Ages?
What limited access to education Monasteries were the only places for schooling.
before the establishment of
universities?
What invention in the 1450s The movable printing press by Johann Gutenberg.
revolutionized book production?
How did the printing press affect It made books more affordable and accessible,
literacy? increasing literacy rates.
Instruction | Key
Milestones, Methods &
Reading Education
Development | Study
Guide
|Guaranteed success|
, Who is credited with the first The Phoenicians.
alphabetic system?
What was the primary purpose of the To represent letters or sounds rather than full words.
Phoenician alphabet?
What role did Phoenician traders play They spread the alphabet through trade along the
in the alphabet's history? Mediterranean Sea.
What educational system emerged Universities.
during the era of scholasticism?
What was the primary focus of Education as an intellectual discipline.
education during the late Middle
Ages?
What limited access to education Monasteries were the only places for schooling.
before the establishment of
universities?
What invention in the 1450s The movable printing press by Johann Gutenberg.
revolutionized book production?
How did the printing press affect It made books more affordable and accessible,
literacy? increasing literacy rates.
