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Art Lex: Graphic Design Course Lesson PlanArt Lex: Graphic Design Course Lesson Plan
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9th - 10th
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Art Lex: Graphic Design Course

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This site from Artlex is a lesson plan for a secondary level graphic design class designed by Michael Delahunt. There are many projects including: Designing a poster; Altering a photo; Photoshop Tricks; studying Logos; Designing logos; Designing stationary; portfolio. Pick and choose the ones you like!

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Concepts

graphic design, elements of design, adobe photoshop, principles of design

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animations, art as inquiry, art in context, art lesson plans, creating art, designing with type, graphic design lesson plans, high school graphic design course, personal web page design, adobe imageready, artlex: graphic design course, designing cd packaging

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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