Lesson Plan Overview

Title of Lesson

Name of lesson Infographic: Making meaning.

Grade Level

Age level

Essential Questions

How can art communicate an idea?

http://questioning.org/
mar05/essential.html

How do artists decide what visuals, colors and formats best

communicate that idea?

Big Idea

How art and design can collide to send a message.

Objectives

The student will create an infographic

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The student will effectively visually communicate a message or idea.

The student will combine written and visual information together into a
presentable final infographic
Technology tool

Google Forms

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Art Vocabulary and

definitions

Infographic: a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent

information or data.
format: the way in which something is arranged or set out.
portrait / landscape: Landscape or Portrait Format. In photography,
landscape format, when the image is wider than it is tall, is perfect for the
majority of landscape photographs. However, portrait format creates a picture
that is taller than it is wide.
font: A font is the combination of typeface and other qualities, such as size,
pitch, and spacing
expressive: effectively conveying thought or feeling.
elements of design:
The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used to create a
work of art. The elements of design can be thought of as the things that make
up a painting, drawing, design etc. ...

LINE. Line can be considered in two ways. ...

SHAPE. ...

DIRECTION. ...

SIZE. ...

TEXTURE. ...

COLOUR. ...

VALUE
principles of design: Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Rhythm,
Repetition, Proportion, Variety, Unity.
Target Audience: a particular group at which a film, book, advertising
campaign, etc., is aimed.
Commercial: concerned with or engaged in commerce.
Streamlined: make (an organization or system) more efficient and effective by
employing faster or simpler working methods.
Graphic: graphic, vivid, picturesque mean giving a clear visual impression in
words. graphic stresses the evoking of a clear lifelike picture <a graphic
account of combat>. vivid suggests an impressing on the mind of the vigorous
aliveness of something <a vivid re-creation of an exciting event>
Positive /Negative Space: Positive space refers to the main focus of a picture,
while negative space refers to the background.
Headline: a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or
magazine.
Scale: Scale and proportion in art are both concerned with size. Scale refers to
the size of an object (a whole) in relationship to another object (another whole

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Detailed Narrative

Intro lesson using an infographic ABOUT infographics.

overview

Ask the students what message the infographic is trying to communicate.

Show Animoto video about creating an infographic.
Introduce assignment: Class discussion and compare/contrast on below, meets and
exceeds expectations exemplars.

Review project expectations and design goals.

Class time for idea development and theme viability.
Discuss appropriate layouts- compare and contrast various formatting choices seen in
different infographic examples.
WORKDAY:
Students commit to layout and begin to organize and find supporting information
(visual and written) using cell phone or classroom chrome books.

COLOR: Basic color theory and elements/principles presentation

Homework assignment: Given in class for at home completion

Begin work on FINAL DRAFT.

Class round table/critique of completed drafts: last minute suggestions/ edits from
peers.

Demo: Mixed media- layering materials.

Type and prepare all factual/visual information. All parts must be created prior to
assemblage and final draft creation. Students may type out and print via classroom
computers while others select background papers and materials/work on overall color
or big picture' details. Students will be providing and saving this information in a
sharable GOOGLE DOC that I have access too- I will be able to monitor their at home
progress and formatively evaluate them based on what they provide.

Demo for creating lay out, first final draft WORKDAY. Studio time (3-5 days) until
project completion.

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Formative Assessment

Students will be adding and sharing with me a google document. I will

be able to track and monitor their out of class, and in class productivity
based on the completeness of that document.

Their google document will show me where they are gathering their
information from, show that they are appropriately citing that
information, and that they are actively working to find relevant
information for their infographic.
Blooms Taxonomy
Connections

Creating by producing a final work of art that synthesizes all of the new,
previously learned and personally meaningful information into a
finished infographic.
Analyzing factual information and presenting it in a visual way that is
engaging to readers.
Evaluating information and deciding where to format and best combine
visual and written information to streamline their overarching message
or idea.

Accommodations: Specific 1. Written, verbal and visual instruction. Check lists for self1. For students with

monitoring progress. Pre-selected topics and layouts for students who

Learning disabilities

struggle to select from.

2.for students with physical

disabilities
3.for students with hearing
difficulties

2. Plenty of table space free of extra stools or obstacles for wheelchair

mobility. Modified tools with large grips for easy holding.
3. Written and visual instruction including video which can be listened
to on a personal device- check lists and in class scheduled one on one
time for questions or concerns.

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Interdisciplinary

English/Language arts- written information, research and providing

Connections: Common

accurate citations.

Core Standards if
applicable
http://www.corestandards.org/

Art Standards

Mathematics : Including graphs and data require some mathematics,

even if students plan to use a computer generated program to create
them.
1.12 Describe and apply procedures to ensure safety and proper

http://www.arteducators.org/ maintenance of the workspace, materials, and tools.

research/naea-standards
2.13 Use color, line, texture, shape, and form in 2D and 3D work and
identify the use of these elements in the compositions of others
Examples include: line as edge treatment and in patterns; color
temperature, mass and volume as functions of color, size, perspective;
negative space; visual and surface textures.

Technology Standards

1.10 Use electronic technology for reference and for creating

https://www.iste.org/docs/

original work

pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?
sfvrsn=2

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