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Three Newport Mansions of the Gilded Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit the Newport Mansions. In this Gilded Age lesson, students explore the architecture and design of The Breakers, The Elms, and Marble House. Students create visual presentations that show the artistic features of the homes...
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Scavenger Hunt

For Students 9th - 12th
Young theatre artists engage in a scavenger hunt to acquaint themselves with set design. The challenge is to search the site and match a separate maquette with each of the 24 clues.
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Exploring the Design Process

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the design process and architecture of Ludwig van der Rohe. In this architecture and art analysis lesson, students explore the design process through photographic documentation and architectural plans. Students use...
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Elements Picture Assignment

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners identify the basic structural and decorative designs, create examples of line (horizontal/vertical/curved/diagonal), as well as identify and explain the difference between shape and form. Then, they identify and explain the use...
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Room Design Planning/From Paper to Virtual Reality and Back Again

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in activities in which they explore how the space and objects around them can be altered. Using various types of software, they design and create a three-dimensional building and share it with the class. They also...
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Positive & Negative Space

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils review and differentiate between positive and negative space, view teacher sample, and cut out shapes to create puzzle-like picture in which one color of paper represents positive space and one color represents negative space.
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Dream House

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students complete a collage depicting what they would like in their Dream House. They think about the home of their dreams and pretend that they can have anything and everything that they want in a house. Find pictures from magazines...
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Elements and Principles Using a Movie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the elements and principles that appear in an illustration of a room and explain each concept in writing. They watch this movie identifying each of the elements and principles of design portrayed in the interiors of...
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Design Your Life

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use three different pieces of art and identify the power struggles that are being represented. In groups, they use the Internet to research the distribution of wealth throughout Canada during the Victorian time period. They...
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Interior Design, Lesson 4

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students choose furnishings and accessories based on color, line, pattern, texture, shape, and mood. They discuss how interiors are affected by furniture arrangements and traffic patterns and examine furniture and make a grouping of...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a business card to market them.  In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them.  Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and catchy. ...
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Stained Glass for Your Class

For Teachers K - 8th
Students use a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white drawing paper, each student creates an original line drawing of a subject that interests them. They can create a geometric design. Students place the completed drawing under an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of...
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Dream Bed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design activity, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Students use descriptive words to write a...
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Interior Design, Lesson 6

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners summarize information learned from previous lessons, and apply them to their own project: redesigning their own bedrooms. They discuss the uniqueness of the place where one lives and its importance and apply all they have...
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Client Profiles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students in an interior design class read over pretend client profiles. In groups, they use the profiles to design a floor plan for their new house. To end the lesson, they present the floor plan to the class and ask for feedback on...
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Color Wheel Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the relationship between primary and secondary colors. As a class, they are introduced to the tertiary colors and use photographs to show them in a room design. To end the lesson, they create a new color wheel with...
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Bedroom Redecoration Project

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this bedroom redecoration project, your young mathematicians become interior designers. They plan, draw, and determine finances for the project. They apply their knowledge of working with decimals, geometric shapes, and problem...
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A Design for a Fireplace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine a relief sculpture. In this sculpting lesson, students analyze the sculpture "Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel" by Francesco Franzoni. Students create a three-dimensional sketch for an overmantel using the styles of...
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Silhouettes and Interiors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a multimedia piece that integrates drawing and collage. Students learn about metacognition and the discovering of self through genres of art and literature by using these steps: inspiration, brainstorm, application,...
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Understanding the Research Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in a unit on set design focuses on the importance of historical and stylistic research. Working in teams created in the previous session, groups consider what resources they will use as they consider design concepts for...
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Interior Design: Poster Board Lines

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Observe different types of lines and apply skills to create posters demonstrating line directions. Discern the four different types of lines and the ambience each creates in a room. In groups, explain each line poster.
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Advanced Presentation Boards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the proper way to make presentation boards. Individually, they use the elements of design to make a presentation board for one room and create a legend. To end the lesson, they present their boards to...
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Interior Design: Presentation Methods

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice lettering rules and picture mounting guidelines. They examine a presentation methods handout and follow along according to the overhead transparency. Students trace the seven lettering strokes and block letters. ...
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Brigham Young University

Introducing the Text and Learning the Process of Script Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Where do directors and set designers get their ideas so that the set they build creates the mood and atmosphere the director wants for a production? From the script! Introduce theater high schoolers to the script analysis techniques used...

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