From a series on teaching Afro-American history and culture in the elementary school.

This paper briefly summarizes the Copyright Act recently passed by the United States Congress as it relates to graphic arts and points out that the law ignores the major problem facing that field: the lack of copyright protection for typography and typeface designs. It then explains the reasoning used for denying protection to typography and…

TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE AN INSTRUMENT FOR IDENTIFYING CREATIVITY IN PREADOLESCENTS, 19 SUBJECTS, 17 OF WHOM WERE TEACHERS EVALUATED EIGHT DRAWINGS BY 10-12 YEAR OLDS USING THE FIVE POINT ROUSE SCALE. THIS SCALE COUNSISTS OF A SERIES OF DESCRIPTIONS OF GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS COVERING 20 ITEMS, SUCH AS SHAPE, TEXTURE, UNITY, ORIGINALITY, AND…

This report discusses the graphic strategies available to editors for positioning the day's news. The purposes of the report are: (1) to introduce those in charge of designing the newspaper page to the structural approach to design (the structural approach is defined as incorporating horizontal and vertical structures in the available spaces,…

Set forth in the booklet are the national apprenticeship and training standards for the training of lithographers, photoengravers, gravure workers, bookbinders, and finishers as developed and recommended by the Graphic Arts International Union in cooperation with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor. The objective of…

The use of visual media in the classroom contributes to the improvement of teaching and learning. The purpose of this handbook is to present a practical discussion of the principles involved in designing visuals that teach. The author first describes the essentials of communication applied to instructional visuals. He then analyzes the physical…

All graphic reproduction processes are a means of communication. The purpose of this study was to identify and classify common elements of graphic communication technology into a structure representing the various industrial techniques. Six graphic reproduction processes were identified as relief, intaglio, planography, screen process,…

A system called Text-ray has been successfully employed to improve students' writing skills. (Author/MLF)

Offers suggestions regarding the design and construction of the school yearbook cover. (GW)

Graphics software can assist hearing-impaired students in visualizing and comparing ideas and can also demonstrate spatial relations and encourage creativity. Teachers and students can create and present data, diagrams, drawings, or charts quickly and accurately. (Author/CL)

Suggests teaching the use of picture-stories or captioned illustration to renew student interest in business communication. (AEA)

Discusses most effective use of graphics and design in school newspapers as suggested by Dr. Mario Garcia, a foremost newspaper redesign specialist. (HTH)

Describes a prototypical course in concrete poetry offered at Princeton University. (RB)

Since executives are increasingly using visual aids, a course of study in Graphic Communications is proposed which would train secretaries in the preparation of visual aids and operation of audio-visual equipment. (AG)

After comparing sixteenth and twentieth century catechisms, suggests that the two categories of space and time are the best discriminators between documents. (TO)