• Visit a drafting company that has a state-of-the-art computer-aided design (CAD) system to see how the company uses the new technology
• Choose a product and create an advertising plan and a plan layout for this product. Create a clean, attractive tabletop display highlighting your advertising plan for your chosen product
• Learn about backstage support for artistic productions
• Attend a theater production and critique the work of the artist in set design, decoration, and costume design
• Render a subject of your choice in the following ways: pen and ink, watercolor, pencil, pastel, oil, tempera, acrylic, or marker
• Plan a super-activity
• Organize a community service project
• Write a one-act play that is at least 10 minutes long. It must have a main character, subordinate character, conflict, and a climax
• Plan and carve in the round a simple object. Prepare it for finishing
• Plan and carve in low relief a design on some simple object. Prepare it for finishing
• See or read three full-length plays. These can be from the stage, movies, television, or video. Write a review of each, commenting on the story, acting, and staging
• Act a major part in a full-length play; or, act a part in three one-act plays
• Direct a 10-minute-long play. Cast, rehearse, and stage it
• Design the set for a play. Make a model of it
• Design the costumes for five characters in one play set in a time before 1900
• Show skill in stage makeup. Make up yourself or a friend as an old man or woman, a clown, an extraterrestrial being, or a monster
• Make a drawing of a recognized pottery type. Make another drawing of a pottery form you designed
• Make a tray, dish, box, jar, figurine or vase from clay. Paint, glaze and decorate your work
• Design a printed piece (flier, T-shirt, program, form, etc.) and produce it
• Visit a newspaper printing plant: Follow a story from the editor to the press
• Visit a commercial or in-plant printing facility: Follow a job from beginning to end
• Visit three Web sites on the Internet that belong to graphic arts professional organizations and/or printing-related companies (suppliers, manufacturers, printers): Download product or service information from two of the sites
• Visit a school's graphic arts program: Find out what courses are available and what the prerequisites are
• Make a scale drawing of some piece of craft work or object. Use the orthographic projection technique to show at least three views. Use dimension lines to show the actual size.
• Draw a schematic of a radio or electronic circuit. Properly print a bill of materials of the major electronic parts of the radio or circuit. Use standard drawing symbols for the electronic components
• Using a computer-aided drafting (CAD) system, prepare and plot one of your drawings. Create the format (border and title block) on the computer before starting the drawing.
• Discuss and demonstrate the proper elements of a good motion picture
• Write a script of a story you plan to film.
• Prepare a storyboard for a motion picture
• Discuss the following shooting techniques: (1) Using a tripod/monopod, (2) panning the camera/following the action, (3) framing, (4) lighting the subject, (5) ensuring quality of light, (6) shooting with a hand-held camera, (7) recording good sound, and (8) editing.
• Create a mini-feature of your own design using the techniques you have learned
• Film or videotape a vignette that could be used to teach someone a new skill
• Research and discuss the jobs related to film or video production: director, producer, audio engineer, video engineer, support crew
• Plan and weave a large basket or tray. Use reed, raffia, or splints. Weave a seat for a stool or chair. Use cane or rush
• Promote a product or an idea with a picture or pictures
• Research and discuss career opportunities in art