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Art for Kids: Fun Art Projects

Principles of Design: Hierarchy

Arranging components in a hierarchical order is one way that the designer communicates with the viewer. Like unity and balance, hierarchy appeals to your instinctual search for relationships between the objects in an artwork or design. Seeing the order in a design helps you understand the overall meaning. The designer

Art for Kids: Fun Art Projects
lessons - principles of design

Principles of Design: Unity

Unity results when all of the principles of a design merge into a complete work of art. It encompasses line, shape, form, color, texture and space. Harmony is the way in which all of the elements relate to one another to successfully produce a unified whole. In a successful design

Sign Language For Kids

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Critical Thinking
lessons in rhetoric for kids

The Rhetorical Situation

Whenever you find yourself communicating with the intent of modifying someone’s or a group’s perspective, you are within a rhetorical situation. This unique context encompasses a topic, listeners or readers, and specific boundaries. Each time you write an essay, have a verbal discussion or listen to a debate, it happens

Critical Thinking
slippery slope fallacy for kids and more

Don’t Fall for That Fallacy, Part Three

By the age of 10, children have the ability to tell right from wrong, according to expert Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist. However, knowing how to distinguish a true statement from a false one is a skill that you have to learn. One vital component is spotting fallacies. Apple Polishing:

Communication

The Rhetoric of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a scholar, a Baptist pastor and a father who became famous during the 1950’s and 1960’s as a leader in the non-violent U.S. civil rights movement. During the years from 1957 to 1968, Dr. King spoke publicly on more than 2,500 occasions, wrote five

Critical Thinking

Don’t Fall for that Fallacy, Part One

When you fall for a fallacy, you are taken in by false or misleading reasoning. Some fallacies appeal to such emotions as pity or guilt. Others leverage your anger or your fear. When you learn to recognize these kinds of fallacies, you are less susceptible to their squishy, insubstantial logic.