Fall 2024

Communication through the Ages

From Speech to Smartphones

From the Series Technology through the Ages

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

Reading texts or direct messages, communicating through speech or sign language, and viewing artwork are all among the many ways people share news, ideas, and feelings with one another. Communication and its technologies are what allow us to do that.

As ancient civilizations formed, people developed spoken and written languages and communication tools. They designed and improved alphabets and writing systems to record information, created paper from plants or animal skins, and invented tools such as block printing and the printing press to help copy books and other long texts faster. Whether coming up with new technologies or innovating existing ones, ancient peoples were always finding ways to better communicate with one another.

From finger painting to postal systems, find out how early societies created and innovated the technologies that led to modern communication tools.

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Social Studies, Young Adult
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Engineering, STEM: Technology
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Informed Editions
Imprint Twenty-First Century Books ™
Language English
Number of Pages 80
Publication Date 2024-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS YAN030010, YAN025020, YAN055040
Dewey 302.2
Dimensions 6 x 9
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Primary source quotations/images, Sidebars, Source notes, Table of contents, and Websites

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“This exploration of communication celebrates human innovation across history and provides readers with a solid context for modern-day communication.”—Booklist