Warwick School District

Course Description

Graphic communication history, theory, processes, applications, and practices. New technologies that affect day-to-day communication including
traditional and digital printing and publishing, and non-print imaging. Overview of design technology,
digital media, printing.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

• Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

• GRADES 9-10

• Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.(3.5.9-10.A)
• Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.(3.5.9-10.D)
• Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.(3.5.9-10.H)

• GRADES 11-12

• Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.(3.5.11-12.B)
• Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.(3.5.11-12.G)

• Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

• GRADES 9-10

• Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.-Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics(3.6.9-10.B)

• GRADES 11-12

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(3.6.11-12.C)

Sci & Tech - Technology and Engineering Education (2009-2012)

• Technology and Society

• GRADE 10

• 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.B3)

• Technology and Engineering Design

• GRADE 10

• Illustrate the concept that not all problems are technological and not every problem can be solved using technology.(3.4.10.C3)

• Abilities for a Technological World

• GRADE 10

• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of a final product.(3.4.10.D1)
• Diagnose a malfunctioning system and use tools, materials, and knowledge to repair it.(3.4.10.D2)

• GRADE 12

• Verify that engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly.(3.4.12.D2)

• The Designed World

• GRADE 10

• Evaluate the purpose and effectiveness of information and communication systems.(3.4.10.E4)

• GRADE 12

• Synthesize the effects of information and communication systems and subsystems as an integral part of the development of the Information Age.(3.4.12.E4)

International Technology Education Association (2007)

• 9-12

• Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies. (ITEA.9-12.17)
• Communication systems are made up of source, encoder, transmitter, receiver, decoder, storage, retrieval, and destination. (ITEA.9-12.17.O)

Units

Unit #1 - Unit #1: Introduction to Graphics I • Syllabus

Unit #2 - Unit #2: Graphics Communication • Printed Matierals

Unit #3 - Unit #3: Desktop Publishing • Text • Graphics

Unit #4 - Unit #4: Text • Fonts • Grouping of fonts •

Unit #5 - Unit #5: Graphics • Images of pictures or drawing

Unit #6 - Unit #6: Page Layout • Placement of text and graphics

Unit #7 - Unit #7: Graphic Design Principles • Page propo

Unit #8 - Unit #8: Offset Press • Printing plates • Pl

Unit #9 - Unit #9: Screen Printing ? Artwork design ? S

Unit #10 - Unit #10: Vinyl Process ? Preparation of artwork