Graphic Design Lesson Plans

Students design a new logo for their school. In this graphic design activity, students learn the fundamentals of logo design and how to incorporate the needs of the client in design development. Students design a new school logo that incorporates the school name and mascot. After this logo is created, students are challenged to rework the logo to include a special theme.

Learners design book covers. For this graphic design lesson, students are introduced to designing book covers. Learners develop skills on how to promote their designs to clients. Students then create their own book covers.

Students become familiar with the fundamentals of graphic design to develop a logo. In this logo design lesson, students generate their own two logos using their own name and a personal hobby as inspiration. Students select their preferred font, color, and image to include in their design; students then compare and contrast the two logos and their features.

Students experiment with color. In this career lesson plan, students explore how color is applied and experienced in images and designs as they undertake the part of a graphic designer's or painter's role.

Fifth graders combine Fine Arts, Mathematics and Technology together to create and design a CD-ROM cover sleeve. They incorporate paint, web tools and/or graphic designs to assist them with their creations.

Students create ads based on provided topic. In this digital art lesson, students role play as graphic designers working on a project for a client. They research about certain health issues and prepare a public poster about it.

Students develop a new cereal and design a box for it. In this art and design lesson, students complete a year-end cumulative activity in which the use all of their artistic skills to develop a new cereal. They use their marketing skills as they design a box that would meet the standards of a graphic designer.

Twelfth graders create accordion books using art illustrations and graphic design techniques. There book focuses on self-expression by including persoal photographs, objects and original poetry that symbolize aspects the student's life. Students write an artist's statment, in which they reflect on the choices they made, the book as an art form and the creative and technical processes used to create the book.

Students create a graphic design organizer. In this design lesson plan, students will watch a video and discuss the components of design. Students will then work in a jigsaw group to research one specific type of design (interior, fashion, automotive, etc.). Cooperative teams will create a graphic organizer to share with the class the results of their research.

Students explore the elements of design and Navajo blankets. In this Navajo Indian lesson, students research the Navajos and the traditional craft of weaving using Worldbook Online. Students sketch two designs for a Navajo blanket using the computer that include the elements of design - line, color, shape, and texture.