This invaluable site helps instructors teach students how to handwrite each letter of the alphabet. It includes the amsti sequence to introduce letters, followed by fluency-building activities and accuracy-building activities. Additional...

Uncover new resources to better illustrate the changes that have evolved in the world of the printed word in the 1450s to that of the present digital word.

The very first printed versions of Shakespeare's works are available here at the British Library for looking at, comparing and examining. Also includes valuable links about Shakespeare's plays as they have been performed through the years.

At this site students can improve their handwriting skills. It provides printable worksheets, lesson ideas, and interactive activities.

The American Amateur Press Association is a non-profit organization of and for amateur journalists, writers, editors, printers, and publishers. This is a good meeting place for sharing experiences.

Discover the various ways that textiles are decorated and then take a small quiz to see all you've learned.

Focus on the emergence of the printing press and bookmaking. Humanism and other new philosophies of the Renaissance mentioned as well. Also, check out other links to learn more.

Use this resource to print activities and worksheets for handwriting.

This site defines kerning and discusses its use in open type fonts.

Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...

In this lesson, young scholars examine early civilizations and the evolution of written language, the role of the Renaissance in developing the printing process and in distributing information, and the human desire to record information.

Internet 101 provides a detailed guide to printing out Web pages.

This printable worksheet will aid students in printing the letters of the alphabet.

Practice important fine motor skills by having young scholars control their pencil, following a line. Teacher lesson plan for K-1st.

The History Guide looks at the effect of the printing press on the economic improvements and spread of knowledge made possible by the printing press.

This site discusses how story frames are a great way to support emergent writers in the classroom. Lots of story prompts and writing frames to use in a K-2 classroom.