PLTW History of Writing Surfaces

By logansteck
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Copper

    Copper
    In rare instances text has been found written on copper sheets
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Paper

    Paper
    Paper was a Chinese invention in the second century AD but for over a thousand years passed before it eventually found it way to the west and on in to Europe. Paper made from hemp was found in a Western Han tomb in the form of ancient maps.

  • Vellum

    Vellum
    It seeme like parchment but it is made from calf skin

  • Clay Writing Tablet

    Clay Writing Tablet
    It was made of clay and twigs by the Mesopotamians.

  • papyrus

    papyrus
    Papyrus is a writing medium made from the pith of the papyrus plant, that was once found in the Nile Delta of Ancient Egypt.