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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 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.

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.

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.

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 with limited font options

A lesson in which students are limited to using one font family to create a visually appealing design with no other components.

Designing an infographic

Students will learn the importance and value of using infographics in publications by studying different samples of infographics in student media.

Composition for alignment and space

Students will create a composition to demonstrate principles of alignment and space.

A history of fonts

Students will choose a font of their own to research.

Sidebars and supplemental design formats

Students will learn about the different types of alternative story forms, also called sidebars, alts or charticles.

Principles of design basics

Students will receive vocabulary for foundational design principles.

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