Pollution Booklet — Cause and Effect

Lesson Summary

In this lesson, the class will make a booklet that illustrates the causes and effects of pollution on the environment. Students will incorporate typography and graphic design in their books. The class can use a variety of materials in this activity including markers, colored pencils and pens. They will also use  magazine clippings to to enforce the idea of recycling and using resources efficiently.

Lesson Objectives

In this lesson, the class will make a booklet that illustrates the cause and effect relationship of pollution on the environment. Students can use a variety of materials in this activity, including paint, markers, crayons and magazine clippings. They will also incorporate typography and graphic design in their books. They will recycle old magazine to make their artwork to enforce the idea of using our resources efficiently.

What you do

1. Fold a sheet of A3 paper into one eighths. Cut the centre of the paper to make a foldable booklet. 

2. Inside of your book, roughly sketch the cause and effect relationship of pollution onto each opposing page; Left page cause and right page effect. 

3. Draw your pages in detail. Clearly communicate the cause and effect relationship of the different types of pollution on the environment. Use words and sentences to help you communicate your message better.

4. Plan the layout of the text and artwork to make it look more appealing. Remember to apply typography and graphic design principles to your pages.

5. Illustrate the cover and the back of the booklet. Make the title "Pollution: Cause and Effect".

6. Ink and colour your illustrations with markers, pens, or pencil crayons. You may also include image clippings from magazines to make a collage. 

Terminology

• Sequential Art - Describes art forms that use images in a specific order for the purpose of graphic storytelling or conveying information. The best-known examples of sequential art are storyboards, comic books, graphic novels and illustrated story books.

• Mixed Media - In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed. Materials used to create mixed media art include, but are not limited to, paint, cloth, paper, wood and found objects.

• Collage - An artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface.