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  K-8 Teachers

 
 




The links below describe Activities, Virtual Tours, and Tutorials that Elementary and Middle School teachers may use to teach young people about the wonderful world of printing and publishing... including topics such as color, graphic design, photography, and history. If you have a link or lesson plan that you would like to submit to this section, send an E-mail to gcc@teched.vt.edu.

 
 
General Topic
of Study
Activity Links Virtual Tours and Tutorials

Basic Printing Processes

Printmaking 101
Printmaking 102
What is Printing? (PDF)
What is Printing? (French Version,
PDF)

What is a Print?


Color and Light

Creative Coloring
Color Perception
Color Words
Light Refraction Activity
Optical illusions
The Power Of Color On Emotion

Primary Additive Colors
Primary Subtractive Colors
Refraction and water


Desktop Publishing

About Desktop Publishing
Creating a Business
Flip books and story boards
Timeline of Computer History


Digital Imaging
Digital Kids Club



Making a Newspaper

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Houghton Mifflin Power Proofreading

A Day in the Life of a Newspaper


Paper Making

How Paper is Made
Paper History
Paper University

On2 Money / A History of Money


Photography

Ansel Adams
Digital Photography and History
History of Photography Timeline
Patterns & Balance
Visual Art Through Photography

How Cameras Work


Print Making

Apple Printing
Styrofoam Printing
Leaf Prints for Kids
Linoleum Block
Potato Print
Printing
Styrofoam Relief
Printmaking


Welcome to Money Central Station


Printing History

Benjamin Franklin and His Printing Press
Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents
Johannes Gutenberg: Invention of the Printing Press
Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Kids


Printing History Timeline

Printing Terms and Processes

Printing Terms Dictionary

Guided Tour of Print Processes


Web Design / Activities

Webmonkey for Kids: Lessons
CyberSmart!: Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets



 
  Curriculum Materials
Literacy Project Kits from GATF/PIA
Graphic Arts (Technology Education) Activities for Grades 2-9

Online Books
International Children's Digital Library

Suggested readings
Benjamin Saves the Books
Christy Holstead
2001
 
 
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