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Design
Principles of Design Basics: Middle School
A two day lesson about the basic principles used in arranging elements.Principles of Design
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Typical Type: Middle School
A lesson about different types of fonts and typography terms.Typography
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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
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Dissecting Design
This is day one of a four-week unit plan that helps students learn the basic terminology, functions and foundations of design.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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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
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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.Design Foundations
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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.Design Foundations
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Design basics for double-page spreads
A lesson introducing common terminology for spread design as well as steps for placement to complete a basic layout.Principles of Design
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Understanding color profiles
Students will learn about the color profiles CMYK and RGB, the process by which colors are blended and created and the purposes for using CMYK or RGB.Color
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Designing publications nameplates
Students will create a series of nameplates for a newspaper that portrays different identities for the staff and program.Principles of Design
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Creating a publications color palette
Students will identify different methods for combining different shades of color to ensure colors match and work together.Color
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Basic newspaper design
This lesson leads students through the process involved in basic design principles for newspaper.Principles of Design
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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.Color