7 sessions; 45 minutes per session

1. SWBAT understand the power of images to create awareness of issues and to motivate change.
2. SWBAT discuss a variety of poster and infographic designs and how the designer communicated their message.
3. SWBAT understand the differences between posters and infographics.
4. SWBAT research a topic and use that information to influence their designs.
5. SWBAT create a poster or infographic that raises awareness or attempts to motivate change.
6. SWBAT create a QR code and incorporate it into their designs.

1. Student computers with Photoshop or similar program
2. How to make a QR Code handout

Possibly...
3. Digital camera
4. Scanner

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1. Introduction
-Introduce the assignment by guiding student through the Awareness and Change slides presentation (link in resources)
-Discuss how the designers communicated their ideas and how effective the communication was.
-Discuss the differences between posters and infographics and their uses
-Explain the assignment: research a topic, plan and create a poster or infographic to raise awareness about the topic or inspire change, incorporate a QR code that directs the viewer to a relevant website, and eventually share your design in a display with the class.
2. Research and Plan
-Students write down what idea or points they want to communicate, keep track of supporting research and sources, and find a website to direct viewers to
-Plan imagery and sketch possible designs
3. Execute plan
-Size should fit on 8.5x11 or 11x17 inch paper (or whatever your largest available print size is) and should have a resolution of 300 ppi for print.
-Students use Photoshop and any other tools or technology to execute their plan
-Students use the handout to make a QR code and insert it into their designs
4. Display
-Create a display in the hallway or public place to share the students' work
-Visit the display as a class and discuss

Rubric:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VdQZ_Q3oKCJl8NeXKtO-1wrqylCRAoJqkDtAqBo_r7Y/edit?usp=sharing

1. Slides presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18o3nQsIsF6siBSHUZuJNhSZWWMJUJ_jiIc1FIPxvB9M/edit?usp=sharing

I started with a list of pre-approved topics that I thought would be fairly "safe" for my school. I allowed students to propose other ideas not on the list for approval if they wanted. You may not need a list depending on your school's climate.

[9-12 Proficient] Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use

[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks

[9-12 Advanced] Students communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in at least one visual arts medium

[9-12 Proficient] Students evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions

[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art

[9-12 Proficient] Students create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems

[9-12 Proficient] Students identify intentions of those creating artworks, explore the implications of various purposes, and justify their analyses of purposes in particular works

[9-12 Proficient] Students describe meanings of artworks by analyzing how specific works are created and how they relate to historical and cultural contexts

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