6th Grade/ Development of Communication!

Cave paintings quickly transformed into pictographs, and finally into cuneiform, the world’s first writing system. Our investigation today involved the use of the Papyrus plant. The papyrus plant grew in abundance along the Nile River in the marshy areas. Egyptians were able to use the papyrus plant to create a paper writing surface for scribes to record important information using a style known as hieroglyphics. Next, we will focus our attention on the development of this process into modern paper manufacturing. We will continue to study this process hands-on. As we complete these investigations, continue to evaluate the advantages of these new methods compared to past and present communication methods in order to explain how communication developed overtime.