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Creating Accordion Books

— 4 Lessons


How do illustrators use letters in pictures?
Changing and cutting letters
Making a cover
Assembling the accordion book and mounting the collages inside

Grade 2

Two-Dimensional Applied Design

Designing Environmental Awareness Posters

— 7 Lessons


Introducing posters and the project
Conceptual design: brainstorming with word webs and thumbnails
Design symbols and pictographs
Selecting Lettering
Creating Thumbnail Compositions
Production: creating posters
Production: creating posters 2

Grade 5

Two-Dimensional Applied Design

Two-Dimensional Furniture Design

— 7 Lessons


Investigating an object through drawing
What is design?
How do designers develop their ideas?
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 1
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 2
Transforming sketches into a proposal-part 3
What makes a good design?

Grade 8

Two-Dimensional Applied Design