CURRICULUM MAP
Course/ Subject:Graphic Design IIGrade:10-12
Month:September
Enduring Understanding
- Technology is created, used and modified by humans.
- A technological world requires that humans develop capabilities to solve technological challenges and improve products for the way we live.
- Each area of technology has a set of characteristics that separates it from others; however, many areas overlap in order to meet human needs and wants.
Essential Questions
- What knowledge and skills are essential for humans to make sound decisions about creating, using, and modifying technologies?
- How have technological developments impacted devices, processes, and systems for the way we live?
- How do various areas of technology influence the economy, the environment, and society?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.E4.
Evaluate the purpose and
effectiveness of
information and
communication systems.
3.4.12.E4
Synthesize the effects of
information and
communication systems and
subsystems as an integral
part of the development of the
Information Age.
3.4.10.B4.
Recognize that
technological
development has been
evolutionary, the result
of a series of refinements
to a basic invention. / File Structure/Computer Basics
- Computer nomenclature
- Z:drive access
- Folders/Files
- Line
- Color
- Shape
- Texture
- Form
- Space (both positive & negative)
- Rhythm
- Unity
- Contrast
- Balance
Three color screen printing processes (continue through 1st marking period)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
Identify and define the principles of design
Skills using Adobe Illustrator
- New page creation & settings
- Drawing lines & shapes
- Saving work
- Stroke & Fill
- Opening existing documents
- Teacher/Student shared folder
- File structure/location
- Drawing lines
- Changing colors
- Creating layers
- Changing layer names
- Creating complete shapes using the Pen Tool
- Changing stroke size/color & fill color with a Pen Tool drawing
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
Teacher Questioning
Pen Tool duplication activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used for assessment of this project.
Neshaminy Pride t-shirt redesign (continue until all shirts printed)
- In conjunction with Neshaminy Pride program & Mr. Trickel
Month:October
Enduring Understanding
- Technological literacy is the ability to use, assess and manage technology around us.
- Technological design is a creative process that anyone can do which may result in new inventions and innovations.
Essential Questions
- What is the importance of technological literacy?
- What steps are involved in technological design and problem solving when creating inventions and innovations?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.B3.
Compare and contrast
how a number of
different factors, such as
advertising, the strength
of the economy, the
goals of a company and
the latest fads, contribute
to shaping the design of
and demand for various
technologies.
3.4.10.A1.
Illustrate how the
development of
technologies is often
driven by profit and an
economic market. / Three color screen printing processes (continue through end of 1st marking period or until all students are done printing)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
- Page sizes
- Image resolution
- Page layout
- Images must be 1024 x 768
- JPEG
- Bitmap
- GIF
- PNG
Differentiate between the types of raster images.
Change resolution standards in Google Images
Skills for Screen Printing
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
- Opening images
- New page creation
- Saving work
- Selection tools
- Move tools
- Creating & renaming layers
- Changing file image size and resolution
- Apply filters and add-ons to layers
3 color screen printing project (continue through end of 1st marking period or until all students are done)
Neshaminy Pride t-shirt redesign (continue until all shirts printed)
- In conjunction with Neshaminy Pride program & Mr. Trickel
- In conjunction with Dr. Rattigan’s TAKES PRIDE program
Month: November
Enduring Understanding
- Technology is created, used and modified by humans.
- A technological world requires that humans develop capabilities to solve technological challenges and improve products for the way we live.
- Each area of technology has a set of characteristics that separates it from others; however, many areas overlap in order to meet human needs and wants.
Essential Questions
- What knowledge and skills are essential for humans to make sound decisions about creating, using, and modifying technologies?
- How have technological developments impacted devices, processes, and systems for the way we live?
- How do various areas of technology influence the economy, the environment, and society?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.E4.
Evaluate the purpose and
effectiveness of
information and
communication systems.
3.4.12.E4
Synthesize the effects of
information and
communication systems and
subsystems as an integral
part of the development of the
Information Age.
3.4.10.B4.
Recognize that
technological
development has been
evolutionary, the result
of a series of refinements
to a basic invention. / Three color screen printing processes (continue through end of 1st marking period or until all students are done printing)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
- Page sizes
- Image resolution
- Page layout
- CMYK
- RGB
- Contrasting colors
- Complimentary colors
Compare & contrast CMYK and RGB color theories
Compare & contrast complimentary and contrasting colors
Skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Layer Opacity
- Transform & Free Transform
- Paint Brush
- Eraser
- Zoom in/Zoom out
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
3 color screen printing project (continue through end of 1st marking period or until all students are done)
Neshaminy Pride t-shirt redesign (continue until all shirts printed)
- In conjunction with Neshaminy Pride program & Mr. Trickel
- In conjunction with Dr. Rattigan’s TAKES PRIDE program
Month:December
Enduring Understanding
- Technological literacy is the ability to use, assess and manage technology around us.
- Technological design is a creative process that anyone can do which may result in new inventions and innovations.
Essential Questions
- What is the importance of technological literacy?
- What steps are involved in technological design and problem solving when creating inventions and innovations?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.B3.
Compare and contrast
how a number of
different factors, such as
advertising, the strength
of the economy, the
goals of a company and
the latest fads, contribute
to shaping the design of
and demand for various
technologies.
3.4.10.A1.
Illustrate how the
development of
technologies is often
driven by profit and an
economic market. / Difference between electronic media and print media
- Electronic media - Internet
- Print media - paper
- Web design
- Page layout
- Typography
- Navigation
- HTML code
- FTP protocol
Describe the 4 parts of web page design.
Compare & contrast HTML code and FTP protocol
Save images using Photoshop for both print and electronic media
Save images using Photoshop utilizing several different file types / Class participation
Introductory web design project
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:January
Enduring Understanding
- Technology is created, used and modified by humans.
- A technological world requires that humans develop capabilities to solve technological challenges and improve products for the way we live.
- Each area of technology has a set of characteristics that separates it from others; however, many areas overlap in order to meet human needs and wants.
Essential Questions
- What knowledge and skills are essential for humans to make sound decisions about creating, using, and modifying technologies?
- How have technological developments impacted devices, processes, and systems for the way we live?
- How do various areas of technology influence the economy, the environment, and society?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.E4.
Evaluate the purpose and
effectiveness of
information and
communication systems.
3.4.12.E4
Synthesize the effects of
information and
communication systems and
subsystems as an integral
part of the development of the
Information Age.
3.4.10.B4.
Recognize that
technological
development has been
evolutionary, the result
of a series of refinements
to a basic invention. / Four color screen printing processes (beginning as soon as Graphics I is done 1 color screen printing until all students are done)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
- Banners
- Home Pages
- Frames
- Menus
- Rules
- Scroll Bars
- Colors (RGB pallet)
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Saving for web
- Ensuring using RGB pallet
- beginning as soon as Graphics I is done 1 color screen printing until all students are done
Check student z: drives for file size/structure
Dreamweaver Tutorial 1
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:February
Enduring Understanding
- Technological literacy is the ability to use, assess and manage technology around us.
- Technological design is a creative process that anyone can do which may result in new inventions and innovations.
Essential Questions
- What is the importance of technological literacy?
- What steps are involved in technological design and problem solving when creating inventions and innovations?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.B3.
Compare and contrast
how a number of
different factors, such as
advertising, the strength
of the economy, the
goals of a company and
the latest fads, contribute
to shaping the design of
and demand for various
technologies.
3.4.10.A1.
Illustrate how the
development of
technologies is often
driven by profit and an
economic market. / Four color screen printing processes (beginning as soon as Graphics I is done 1 color screen printing until all students are done)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
- Text as images
- Text as vectors
- Buttons/Rollovers
- Menus
- Links
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Saving for web
- Ensuring using RGB pallet
Add images to websites / 4 color screen printing
Class Participation
Check student z: drives for file size/structure
Dreamweaver Tutorial 4
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:March
Enduring Understanding
- Technology is created, used and modified by humans.
- A technological world requires that humans develop capabilities to solve technological challenges and improve products for the way we live.
- Each area of technology has a set of characteristics that separates it from others; however, many areas overlap in order to meet human needs and wants.
Essential Questions
- What knowledge and skills are essential for humans to make sound decisions about creating, using, and modifying technologies?
- How have technological developments impacted devices, processes, and systems for the way we live?
- How do various areas of technology influence the economy, the environment, and society?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.E4.
Evaluate the purpose and
effectiveness of
information and
communication systems.
3.4.12.E4
Synthesize the effects of
information and
communication systems and
subsystems as an integral
part of the development of the
Information Age.
3.4.10.B4.
Recognize that
technological
development has been
evolutionary, the result
of a series of refinements
to a basic invention. / Four color screen printing processes (beginning as soon as Graphics I is done 1 color screen printing until all students are done)
- Image generation
- Coating a screen
- Registering, burning, & developing the screens
- Registering, inking, & printing the screens
- Reclaiming the screens
- GIF
- JPEG
- PNG
- Flash
- WAV
- Quick Time Player
- MP3
- Laser printing on velum
- Coating screens
- Exposing screens
- Taping up and checking for pin holes
- Registration and inking
- Printing
- Reclaiming screens
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Saving for web
- Ensuring using RGB pallet
Begin using Dreamweaver web design software / 4 color screen printing job
Class Participation
Check student z: drives for file size/structure
Dreamweaver Tutorial 7
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:April
Enduring Understanding
- Technological literacy is the ability to use, assess and manage technology around us.
- Technological design is a creative process that anyone can do which may result in new inventions and innovations.
Essential Questions
- What is the importance of technological literacy?
- What steps are involved in technological design and problem solving when creating inventions and innovations?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.B3.
Compare and contrast
how a number of
different factors, such as
advertising, the strength
of the economy, the
goals of a company and
the latest fads, contribute
to shaping the design of
and demand for various
technologies.
3.4.10.A1.
Illustrate how the
development of
technologies is often
driven by profit and an
economic market. / Image Optimization
- GIF
- JPEG
- PNG
- Flash
- WAV
- Quick Time Player
- MP3
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Saving for web
- Ensuring using RGB pallet
- Add links to graphics
- Add email links
- Add animation
- Add audio files
Dreamweaver Tutorial 10
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:May
Enduring Understanding
- Technology is created, used and modified by humans.
- A technological world requires that humans develop capabilities to solve technological challenges and improve products for the way we live.
- Each area of technology has a set of characteristics that separates it from others; however, many areas overlap in order to meet human needs and wants.
Essential Questions
- What knowledge and skills are essential for humans to make sound decisions about creating, using, and modifying technologies?
- How have technological developments impacted devices, processes, and systems for the way we live?
- How do various areas of technology influence the economy, the environment, and society?
Standards / Content / Skills / Assessment
3.4.10.B3.
Compare and contrast
how a number of
different factors, such as
advertising, the strength
of the economy, the
goals of a company and
the latest fads, contribute
to shaping the design of
and demand for various
technologies.
3.4.10.A1.
Illustrate how the
development of
technologies is often
driven by profit and an
economic market. / Page Layout
- Banners
- Home Pages
- Frames
- Menus
- Rules
- Scroll Bars
- Colors (RGB pallet)
- Text as images
- Text as vectors
- Buttons/Rollovers
- Menus
- Links
- GIF
- JPEG
- PNG
- Flash
- WAV
- Quick Time Player
- MP3
- Review previous selection tools
- Magic Wand
- Quick Mask
- Saving for web
- Ensuring using RGB pallet
- Add links to graphics
- Add email links
- Add animation
- Add audio files
Electronic Portfolio Project
- Design brief & rubric will be used to assess this activity
Month:June