Real World Arts & Design

4 Activities

Overview

Students go through a variety of fun arts and design activities that have real world applications.

Website Design: Band Sites

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Website Design: Band Sites

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students use wireframe sketches and colored pencils or watercolors to plan, design, and present a new home page website idea for a favorite music group.

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Website Design: Band Sites

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Fiction and fashion unite in this fun activity. Students design and draw a costume for a favorite character from a book or story and for use in a scene from the book or an imagined event.

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Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 9-12)

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students will use design elements and principles (colors, images, shapes, etc.) to create a mood board to promote their own business brand concept.

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Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 9-12)

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Factory Product and Promotional Material

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs and small groups to come up with an idea for a factory and a product the factory can make. Then they choose 1 visual item to design: a logo, a storyboard for a video ad, a poster announcing job openings, a drawing of their product, etc.

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Factory Product and Promotional Material

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Real World Arts & Design

Grades 9 - 12

4 Hours 40 Minutes

Overview

Website Design: Band Sites

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Website Design: Band Sites

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students use wireframe sketches and colored pencils or watercolors to plan, design, and present a new home page website idea for a favorite music group.

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Website Design: Band Sites

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Fiction and fashion unite in this fun activity. Students design and draw a costume for a favorite character from a book or story and for use in a scene from the book or an imagined event.

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Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 9-12)

Arts, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 9 - 12

Brand Design Mood Board (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students will use design elements and principles (colors, images, shapes, etc.) to create a mood board to promote their own business brand concept.

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