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3500 BCE
Invention of Writing
The invention of writing is a major event in regards to any sort of recorded information. Hieroglyphics were symbols that the ancient civilizations used to communicate and write down information. This process led to the creation of our alphabet today that helps us record all of our ideas as well. Mark, Joshua J. “Writing.” World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org#organization, 30 Jan. 2025, www.worldhistory.org/writing/. -
2700 BCE
Creation of the Alphabet
The creation of the alphabet kickstarted languages as we know it today. Online media, books, newspapers, and the ability to write in a simple and common language. This helped with recording information so that generations after generations could read and understand it. Crabben, Jan van der. “Alphabet.” World History Encyclopedia, https://www.worldhistory.org#organization, 10 May 2024, www.worldhistory.org/alphabet/. -
Birth of Jean Piaget
Piaget's theories helped to address the connections between children's development and their literacy abilities. These theories have helped families and educators manage children's progress by having a standard to compare it to. This has helped identify what student's need to be able to do to be considered "developmentally appropriate". McLeod, Saul. “Piaget’s Stages: 4 Stages of Cognitive Development Theory.” Simply Psychology, 5 Aug. 2024, www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html. -
Birth of Louise Rosenblatt
Louise emphasized the importance of connecting to the text you read. She believed that students understood and cared about the text more if they could connect to it with their own personal experiences and beliefs. Mambrol, Nasrullah. “Transactional Reader Response Theory.” Literary Theory and Criticism, 15 Dec. 2018, literariness.org/2016/10/28/transactional-reader-response-theory/. -
Reading First Program (NCLB)
Reading First was apart of the "No Child Left Behind" program. This initiative was created to fund support systems for students in classrooms that were struggling to read or were falling behind in reading. This assisted with providing extra help for those who needed it and created the funding to support it. “Understanding Reading First.” MDRC, www.mdrc.org/work/publications/understanding-reading-first. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025. -
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The ESSA was implemented to ensure that there were rules about the expectations and the ability to be flexible in the classroom. This replaced the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law. It allowed for clearer ideas for the parents and more freedoms for the states. “The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).” U.S. Department of Education, www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/laws-preschool-grade-12-education/esea. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.