High School Graphic Arts Projects

Add a spooky yet fun touch to your classroom with this Halloween Door Decoration! Designed to make your door stand out, this product is perfect for teachers looking to create a festive and inviting environment for their students. Easy to use and customizable, this decoration features a variety of Halloween-themed elements that are simple to assemble and will instantly transform your door into a Halloween masterpiece. Whether you're aiming for spooky or sweet, this decoration will bring the perfect seasonal vibe to your classroom!

This Halloween Door Decoration is a straightforward activity: Allow the students to do the cutting and pasting. With plenty of Halloween-themed items available, simply provide each student with a sheet of cut-out designs to attach to the door or bulletin board.

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Business, Art, Graphic Arts and Technology classes will love these design lessons! Eight different lessons to create high interest projects in the areas of Fashion Design, Interior Design and Graphic Design give students a choice of which activity they would enjoy. Or, if you prefer, you can choose one or two to assign to your class. Each lesson gives an option that students can do on the computer or without any technology at all.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Included in this download are the requirements for each of these lessons and resources for ideas, along with a rubric and sample completed lesson. Students choose from:

1. Create a fashion from duct tape.

2. Create a fashion collage

3. Revise and remake a historic fashion

4. Create a logo

5. Use typography to create a graphic alphabet

6. Create a poster

7. Design a piece of furniture

8. Remodel/redesign a bedroom

Each project takes 2-3 (50 minute) class periods.

This lesson was created for an 8th grade Principles of Arts, AV Technologies & Communications class, but would be suitable for any secondary classroom.

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Introduction to Adobe Photoshop gives students a step-by-step tutorial to learn the beginning commands of Adobe Photoshop. After following the instruction (screen shots are included), students combine their “before” and “after” pictures into a simple PowerPoint (or Google Slides) to make grading easy. Finally, students complete a short creative activity to demonstrate their understanding of their learning. Additional links to other tutorials are also included in the lesson to assist learners, as needed. Instructions are for the paid PC version of Adobe Photoshop CC (2014 or 15), but are easily modifiable for Apple/MAC computers. This lesson was created for 8th grade students but is appropriate for any age group just starting out with Adobe Photoshop.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Adobe Photoshop Step-by-Step Tutorial and Mini Lessons,

including rubric

• Sample Completed Project (as .pdf)

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Learning about Graphic Design gives students an introduction to what graphic designers do on the job. This is perfect for a technology, business or marketing class, or a class that focuses on careers. Students learn about the career from the provided PowerPoint (short teacher presentation) Next, they apply their knowledge in a logo identification game, and finally they design and create a logo of their own. The project was created for grades 7-8 but could easily be adapted for older students.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher & Student Notes and Resources

• Introduction to Graphic Design Careers PowerPoint

• Identify the Logo Activity Instructions

• Identify the Logo Student Handout

• Identify the Logo Answer Key

• Logo Creation Project Expectations, Instructions & Grading Rubric

• Logo Project Samples

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Creating an Animated Gif in Adobe Photoshop is a project for students with basic knowledge of some of the common Adobe Photoshop commands. The project includes step-by-step instructions to guide students through the project of turning photos or clip art into an animated Gif. A sample project is provided for reference in both .psd (Photoshop format) and as a finished .gif.

This is a fun activity that shows students some additional features in Adobe Photoshop while improving their skills with basic commands. Created for an 8th grade Information Technology class, this project would be suitable for students in grades 6-12.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Adobe Photoshop Quick Start Tutorial & Instructions

• Adobe Photoshop Animated Gif Project Expectations & Rubric

• Sample Project (Photoshop files and finished Gif included)

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Learning about Animation teaches students the history and basic concepts of animation prior to them creating their own animation utilizing Adobe Flash. Another animation program could be substituted, but would require some changes to the directions for those portions of the unit.

Students being by doing guided research about the history of animation and presenting their findings in a PowerPoint or Prezi. Next, they learn about the twelve principles of animation by completing a worksheet. There is also a quiz over this material. With this knowledge about animation, students are ready to start creating their own. A short lesson on basic animation in Adobe Flash with students first watching the teacher create a bouncing ball and then completing it themselves from written directions and a tutorial, followed by another practice hands-on activity to add to and reinforce skills, leads to the culminating activity of the unit – to create a cartoon using their skills in Adobe Flash.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources (includes extension activities)

• History of Animation Project Expectations and Rubric *

• 12 Principles of Animation worksheet and links to reading *

• 12 Principles of Animation quiz and teacher key *

• Introduction to Adobe Flash – Bouncy Ball Project Step-by-Step Guide, Expectations and Rubric

• Adobe Flash Practice Exercises Project Expectations and Rubric

• Create a Cartoon in Adobe Flash Project Expectations and Rubric

*These lessons are also included in Learning Animation with Adobe Edge Animate.

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Real Estate Career Simulation: Flip a House Project lets middle schoolers see how real estate investors purchase, improve, and resell homes for a profit. Utilizing Microsoft Word and Excel, students “purchase” a home of choice from a list and then determine the improvements they want to make to it, all while staying within their budget. Then, they design the home, using Web 2.0 tools (www.floorplanner.com or www.homestyler.com ) or Sketchup (a free download available at: http://www.sketchup.com/download ). Finally, students use Microsoft Word to prepare a one-page sale flyer for their renovated home. Note: This lesson is intended for beginning Excel users and was created using Microsoft Excel 2016. It is easily adaptable for different versions.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Home Purchase & Improvement Choices Lesson Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

• Choices Worksheet (editable Microsoft Word version and .pdf)

• Excel Budget Creation Lesson Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

• Excel Budget Sample (editable Microsoft Excel file and .pdf)

• Floor Plan Creation and House Design Project Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

• Floor Plan and Design Samples

• Selling Brochure Project Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

• Sample Brochure

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Learning about Animation teaches students the history and basic concepts of animation prior to them creating their own utilizing Adobe Edge Animate. Another animation program could be substituted, but would require some changes to the directions for those portions of the unit.

Students being by doing guided research about the history of animation and presenting their findings in a PowerPoint or Prezi. Next, they learn about the twelve principles of animation by completing a worksheet. There is also a quiz over this material. With this knowledge about animation, students are ready to start creating their own. A short lesson on basic animation in Adobe Edge Animate with students first watching the teacher create a bouncing ball and then completing it themselves from written directions and a tutorial, followed by another practice hands-on activity to add to and reinforce skills, leads to the culminating activity of the unit – to create a cartoon using their skills in Adobe Edge Animate.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources (includes extension activities)

• History of Animation Project Expectations and Rubric

• 12 Principles of Animation worksheet and links to reading

• 12 Principles of Animation quiz and teacher key

• Introduction to Adobe Edge Animate – Bouncy Ball Project Step-by-Step Guide, Expectations and Rubric

• Adobe Edge Practice Exercises Project Expectations and Rubric

• Create a Cartoon in Adobe Edge Project Expectations and Rubric

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Adobe Photoshop “iAm” Project gives students an opportunity to express their personality and interests as they create a silhouette from a picture of themselves showing off something that defines them. The lesson uses simple Adobe Photoshop techniques to learn the Pen Tool, work with backgrounds, layers and text. The lesson provides step-by-step instructions and also includes links to tutorials students can use as they need to complete the lesson.

This is a fun lesson for the beginning of the year to help students get to know each other, or a good lesson during the year to learn more about each other. These look great printed and displayed too! This lesson was created for an 8th grade class, but would be appropriate for any beginning Adobe Photoshop user.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Basic Adobe Photoshop Editing Project Expectations & Rubric

• Sample Project (.psd file)

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Basic Photo Editing in Adobe Photoshop gives students a short lesson to learn the basic skills needed for photo editing: red eye correction, combining pictures and changing backgrounds, re-sizing, cropping, and removing imperfections. The lesson provides step-by-step instructions and also includes links to tutorials students can use as they need to complete the lesson.

This was created for an 8th grade Information Technology class, but is appropriate for upper elementary through high school as a starting point with editing in Adobe Photoshop.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Adobe Photoshop Quick Start Instructions

• Basic Adobe Photoshop Editing Project Expectations & Rubric

• Sample Project (PowerPoint)

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