This Arts Connected Set is meant to be used by teachers and middle school students who will be visiting the Graphic Design:  Now In Production exhibit at the Walker Art Center.  It can be used to prep visitors for the tour theme, "Graphic Design:  Tools and Technology".  

The tour is designed for students in grades 5-9. The tour connects to benchmarks outlined in the Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts. (Media Arts codes 6.1.1.2.1, 6.1.3.2.2 and 6.4.1.2.1., which pertain to analyzing the elements, meanings and functions of media arts and interpreting media artworks using established criteria.)

This Arts Connected Set contains a sampler of works from the exhibition as well as outside resources.  It can be considered a sneak preview of the kind of art students will see during their visit to the Walker Art Center.  

It also includes questions adapted from a technique called, Visual Thinking Strategies, which encourages critical thinking....both during the preview and during the tour itself.

Teacher note:  there are YouTube video links in the following presentation.  If your school blocks access to YouTube, the students could watch them from home (or you could bypass or delete those slides.)