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    The document discusses the history of literacy around the world, including its origins in Mesopotamia in 8000 BC, the development of early writing systems in Sumer and ancient Egypt and China, and the creation of the alphabet by ancient Greeks with influences from Phoenicia and Egypt. It then covers the spread of literacy over time in various regions including England, continental Europe, the United States, Mexico, and countries in Africa.

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    History of Literacy

    Zaira Bracamontes
    Daniela Quijada
    Ana Victoria Aldana
    • Origins
    • Highest Continent
    • US
    • Mexico
    Index
    • Lowest Continent
    History of Literacy
    Script development- Origins
    • 8000 BC
    • Mesopotamia
    • Egypt
    • Mesoamerica
    • China
    1st Written Communication

    • Sumer
    Origins of the Alphabet
    • Ancient Greeks

    phoenicia Roman &


    Egyptian Greek
    n Latin
    Literacy in England
    • 12 and 13 century
    • Benefit of Clergy
    Continental Europe

    • Read but not write


    • Movable type printing
    press
    • Industrial Revolution
    • Mass Schooling
    Literacy in the US
    • Oral storytelling
    • Difference due to race
    • American Indian boarding schools
    Literacy in Mexico
    • Spanish Conquest
    • Last 40 years
    • 1960s
    Literacy in Africa
    • Highest: Equatorial Guinea and Libya
    • Lowest: South Sudan

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