Lesson Planning

Learn about Caxton and his printing press. Try making your own printing press and print a book review. Find out how Caxton recreated images in his printing. Create an image plate and print it to accompany your review.

Teaching Outcomes
To ‘meet’ William Caxton and learn about his printing press.
To create text and pictures using a printing process.

Children will:

• Learn about Caxton and his printing press.
• Create and test out their own printing press using individual letters.
• Explore how Caxton recreated images.
• Create a printed image to accompany their book review.