A Virtual Field Trip highlighting Tuleburg Press

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Papermaking - Tuleburg Press
A Virtual Field Lesson in Collaboration with Tuleburg Press
​Website​:​ ​http://tuleburgpress.com​ ​ ​Phone:​ (209) 949-2233 ​Email:
tuleburgpress@gmail.com
Business Address:
Tuleburg Press
343 E. Main Street, #101
Stockton, California 95202
Grade(s): 3rd-5th
K-12 Standards:
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate an understanding
of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what
the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.(3.3, 4.3, 5.3) Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.
http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/ELA_Standards1.pdf​ (p.14 (RI), p. 20 (W))
Learning Objectives:
● Part 1- SWBAT understand the history of papermaking and printing
● Part 2- SWBAT create paper booklets
● Part 3- SWBAT express themselves in written and artistic form in the booklets they
created
Materials:
● PowerPoint
● Graphic Organizer
6-Page Booklet
(​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHa6kR2SZok​):
● 1 Legal Size Sheet of Paper
● Scissors
14-Page Booklet
(​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sS59oMBe0​):

2.
● 1 Legal Size Sheet of Paper
● Scissors
● Glue Stick
Vocabulary Covered in Lesson:
● Papyrus
● Parchment
● Fibers
● Pulp
● Moveable Type Print(ing)
Anticipated Misconceptions:
● Students may think that paper is only made from trees
● Students may think that “printing” is done only with modern-day printers
Concepts:
● Papermaking
● Printing
Time Duration: 60 Minutes
Time Part of Lesson Teacher/Student Actions
13 min Intro. To ​The Write Place​ and
the Art of Book Making
● (2 minutes) Teacher introduces the
“Learning Objectives” and agenda.
● (6 minutes) Play “​Welcome to the Write
Place” Video​”
● (2 minutes) Teacher introduces the
guiding questions: “​Why do people
make and write books?” and “How do
you think books are made?”
● (3 minutes) Students write in ​graphic
organizers​ their responses to the
guiding questions above.
9 min History of Paper Making ● (2 minutes) Students take turns reading
the 2nd slide that introduces papyrus
and parchment.
● (2 minutes) Students take turns reading
the 3rd slide that talks about the
history of papyrus.
● (2 minutes) Students take turns reading
the 4th slide that talks about the
history of parchment.

3.
● (3 minutes) Students take turns reading
the 5th slide that talks about the
history of Chinese paper making.
11 min History of Printing ● (1 minute) Student reads 1st slide about
Chinese printing.
● (3 minutes) Play ​Youtube video ​about
moveable type print​ (link embedded in
presentation).
● (2 minutes) Students read 2nd and 3rd
slide about Gutenberg and the printing
press.
● (2 minutes) Play ​Youtube video​ about
Gutenberg and the printing press (link
embedded in presentation).
● (2 minutes) Students discuss the
impact of printing on the world and
what is printed. Students read the last
slide.
(6-10) min Creating Booklets
(Folding Activity)
Choose one:
● 6-Page Booklet (7 min video)
(​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHa6kR2
SZok​)
● 14-Page Booklet (4 min video)
(​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sS59o
MBe0​)
(6-10) min Writing/Drawing/Expressing in
Booklets
● Introduce prompt(s):
○ Write a short autobiography
○ Write a fiction story
○ Create a story using pictures
only
5 min Presentations ● Students explain and describe what
they’ve chosen to express/create in the
booklets they’ve created
5 min Assessment/Reflection ● Students return to the original guiding
questions, ​“​Why do people make and
write books?” and “How do you think
books are made?”, ​and add on to what
they’ve written.

4.
Tuleberg Press One-Pager
About:
● We are an independent publishing company that works to mentor and support
writers in San Joaquin County. We are a collective group staffed by creative
individuals who have ties throughout the area to visual and performing arts,
literature, and art. Our combined experience makes us uniquely fit to help you build
your work.
Contact:
● Tuleberg Press Address:
343 E. Main Street, #101
Stockton CA, 95202
● Phone:
​(209) ​949 - 2233
● Email:
tuleburgpress@gmail.com
Description of activities:
● The Write Place ​at 343 E Main St,
Downtown Stockton, is located on the
ground floor of Cort Tower. We offer
classes in poetry, fiction and memoir
writing, paper making, journal making of
all kinds, bookbinding, printmaking,
calligraphy, and letterpress printing. We
are all about the book from cover to
cover. If you have a book club or a
writing group that needs a home or
Resources: https://paper.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/documents/TeacherMan
ual.pdf

5. would like to host a literary event, contact us at tuleburgpress@gmail.com​.