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Typical Type: Middle School

A lesson about different types of fonts and typography terms.

Using Negative Space in Design: Middle School

A lesson to guide students through creating a more aesthetically pleasing layout using negative space.

Composition for Alignment and Space: Middle School

In this two day activity, students will create a composition to demonstrate principles of alignment and space.

Principles of Design Basics: Middle School

A two day lesson about the basic principles used in arranging elements.

Dissecting Design

This is day one of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

InDesign basics, Part 1

This is day three of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

InDesign Basics, Part 2

This is day four of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

Understanding Color, Part 1

This is day five of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

Understanding Color, part 2

This is day six of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

InDesign Tutorial, Part 1

This is days 1-7 of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

InDesign Tutorial, Part 2

These are days 8-12 of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

InDesign Tutorial, Part 3

These are days 13-19 of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

Design Foundations Assessment

This is day 20 of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

Digging into typography

This is day two of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.

Designing publications nameplates

Students will create a series of nameplates for a newspaper that portrays different identities for the staff and program.

Creating a publications color palette

Students will identify different methods for combining different shades of color to ensure colors match and work together.

Basic newspaper design

This lesson leads students through the process involved in basic design principles for newspaper.

Combining color effectively

Students will create their own color wheels to demonstrate their understanding of color values and where they fall in the spectrum of light.

Typical type

This lesson aims to teach students about fonts and their appeal in design for print and online publications.

How color conveys emotion

Students will analyze the relationships between color and emotions by evaluating ads based on the emotional impact of the color choices.

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