S.S. Renaissance Project

4. Conrad Gesner

6. The Pencil

7. The Pencil
 Writing may be one of the most important discoveries
in human history. But it was easy‐to‐use writing
implements‐‐including the pencil, pen and brush‐‐that
made mass education and literacy possible.

8. The Pencil
 Writing may be one of the most important discoveries
in human history. But it was easy‐to‐use writing
implements‐‐including the pencil, pen and brush‐‐that
made mass education and literacy possible.

9. The Pencil
 Writing may be one of the most important discoveries
in human history. But it was easy‐to‐use writing
implements‐‐including the pencil, pen and brush‐‐that
made mass education and literacy possible.
 The origins of the pencil date to the ancient Romans,
who used to write with a device known as a stylus‐‐a
metal stick, usually lead, which was used to scratch
words onto papyrus.

11. The Pencil Today…

12. The Pencil Today…

13. The Pencil Today…
 Today, the pencil is preferred by many school
students as their writing utensil. For state assessments,
a #2 pencil is required to bubble in on the sheet. With
its eraser, a pencil allows you to erase your mistakes
unlike the pen.

14. The Pencil Today…
 Today, the pencil is preferred by many school
students as their writing utensil. For state assessments,
a #2 pencil is required to bubble in on the sheet. With
its eraser, a pencil allows you to erase your mistakes
unlike the pen.
 It is much easier to communicate data and is an
invention that help’s society with many things such
writing letters, doing homework, or sketching.

16. Quotes

17. Quotes
 "Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still
heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving,
and for every breath a song."

18. Quotes
 "Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still
heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving,
and for every breath a song."
Conrad Gesner

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