Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Graphic Communications II

Graphic Communications II

Grade Levels: 10 | 11 | 12 |

Course Description

Advanced digital imaging, as well as platemaking techniques, offset press operation, workplace skills development, and finishing and binding are presented in this course.The aim of the course is to utilize various visual systems in the creation of portfolio-quality art and design projects.

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)
      • By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.(3.5.9-10.J)

    • GRADES 11-12

      • Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.(3.5.11-12.C)
      • 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 11-12

      • Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.(3.6.11-12.E)
      • Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.(3.6.11-12.H)

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

  • The Scope of Technology

    • GRADE 12

      • Describe how management is the process of planning, organizing, and controlling work.(3.4.12.A2)

  • 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)

  • 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)
      • Explain how the design of intelligent and non-intelligent transportation systems depends on many processes and innovative techniques.(3.4.12.E5)

International Technology Education Association (2007)

  • 9-12

    • Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design. (ITEA.9-12.8)

Units

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

Unit #2 - Unit #2: Review of Graphics I Communication

Unit #3 - Unit #3: Advanced Desktop Publishing Principles

Unit #4 - Unit #4: Advanced Page Layout •Creating master Pages

Unit #5 - Unit #5: Advanced typography principles

Unit #6 - Unit #6: Principles of Multi-Color Offset

Unit #7 - Unit #7: Multi-Color Screen Printing

Unit #8 - Unit #8: Advanced Vinyl Cutting

Unit #9 - Unit #9: Four Color Process