Literacy timeline

  • 3000 BCE

    First recording of Writing

    First recording of Writing
    Written text didn't start on paper. It started back in Mesopotamia 3000 BCE. They used clay tablets to keep written records and had their own writing called "cuneiform"
  • 1450

    Invention of printing press

    Invention of printing press
    invented by Johannes Guttenburg, the printing press allowed books and stories to be more commonly written down. Books were no longer rare The evolution of literacy education: UT Permian Basin Online. UTPB. (2021, January 7). https://online.utpb.edu/about-us/articles/education/the-evolution-of-literacy-education/
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    Lev Vygotsky

    Vygotsky believed education wasn't only at school. Learning and development comes from interactions in Vygotsky's eyes.
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    Jean Piaget

    Piaget was a psychologist who specialized in child development. He recognized that the development of self evolved through a negotiation between the world as it exists in one’s mind and the world that exists as it is experienced socially. Development came from interactions with life as self and life as a whole.
  • Individuals With Disabilities Act

    The law provides free public education to those with disabilities and ensures they get the right accommodation through specialists or material. Individuals with disabilities education act. California Homeless Education and Technical Assistance Center. (n.d.). https://www.hetac.org/statutes/federal/idea#:~:text=The%20Individuals%20with%20Disabilities%20Education,related%20services%20to%20those%20children.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act
    The act required schools to be accountable for the students individual success no matter their disabilities. Students had to bring students to a "proficient" level. Signed by George W. Bush Klein, A. (2024, March 13). No child left behind: An overview. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04