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Germany - Culture (Johann Gutenberg)

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Germany - Culture (Johann Gutenberg)
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.47

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		goldsmith, guild, movable, reusable, uninformed, punctuation, lifetime, carving, press, reused, equipment, pages, history, jewelry, fame, expertise
	content words:		Johann Gutenberg, In Europe, In China, Dark Ages, Christian Bible

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Germany - Culture (Johann Gutenberg) By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman

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¹     Take a good look at this page. Look at all the letters and all the punctuation marks. How did they get onto the page? Someone sat at a computer and used a keyboard to type each character. This process has come a long way from the first page that was printed. There was a German man responsible for all this, and his name is Johann Gutenberg.
 
²     There isn't much known about Johann Gutenberg's early life. He was born about 1400 in Germany. Historians think he was born near a town called Mainz. For many years, Johann trained as a goldsmith. A goldsmith is a person who shapes raw gold into usable items, like jewelry. This training would help Johann with his later invention.
 
³     When Johann was in his 30s, his family moved to Strasbourg. There, Johann joined a smiths' guild and met other people in his field. He also met people who would help him with his invention by giving him money and expertise in his efforts to build a printing press.

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