Design

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Principles of Design Basics: Middle School

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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