Prior+to+1800

=__Prior to 1800__= toc

Overview
Due to the lack of extensive research in educational, behavioral, and cognitive psychology prior to 1800, there is little to discuss in terms of Instructional Design or Systematic Instructional Design advances during this time period. However, there were many advances in the way that people communicate and the way in which they were educated.

Communication Advances
=== Cuneiform Writing=== Cuneiform was an early form of writing done used by people living in the ancient Middle East around the **end of the 4th millennium B.C**. The symbols had a wedge shaped appearance and were created in soft clay tablets.



Libraries
Numerous sites containing clay tablets and papyrus scrolls have been found in various areas throughout ancient Greece and Egypt. This proves that humans quest for knowledge is **almost as old as civilization itself.**

First Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invents the first metal movable type printing press in **1455**. With this new technology books will be able to be printed much quicker than has ever been seen before.

Public School
In **1635**, the first public school is opened in America. The Boston Latin School was created to give higher social class boys an opportunity to begin preparing for positions in the church or in government.

===Harvard=== In **1636**, Harvard became the first college in the Colonies. It is located in what is now Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tabula Rasa
In **1690**, Philosopher John Locke states his belief that the human mind is born as a "blank slate" and that knowledge is acquired through experience.