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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Anatomy of a font

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

Effective placement and spacing

The purpose of this lesson is to connect the use of white space with the relevance and importance of elements in a composition.

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Choosing fonts to convey tone

In this lesson, students will create a motivational quote poster, choosing a font that is most appropriate to convey the tone of the message.

Using negative space in design

The lesson will introduce students to the use of negative space in design.

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