Question

A popular Internet cartoon shows a beautifully scripted message on notebook paper: "Someday, we old folks will use cursive writing as a secret code." The joke carries a grain of truth: a significant number of young people are unable to write or read cursive. Once a major focus in education, cursive has disappeared from many classrooms. The reasoning is that cursive isn't necessary in the computer age, since text is usually displayed in print. But the trend concerns historians and other experts, who point out that it may render people unable to read handwritten records from the past, such as contracts and personal letters. By eliminating cursive instruction, we are essentially slamming a door on history.

Select the two details that are included in the text.

many school instruical plans no long in include cursive.
reading some historical documents requires cursive literacy.
removing cursive from the curriculum frees teachers to address other areas.
new standards in early 2000s determined cursive is unnecessary for college or work.

Answer 1

The two details included in the text are:

1. many school instructional plans no longer include cursive.
2. reading some historical documents requires cursive literacy.