Knowledge/Skill Building
🧭 Design Brief and HMW Map
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Content Expertise
Academic Mindset
Submission Required
Grading Required
Students synthesize their empathy notes, interpretation examples, and identity reflections into a one-page design brief that names audience needs, intended spirit-animal traits, and a How Might We question for their tessellation. The teacher models how to translate research patterns into design constraints using exemplar briefs, art vocabulary, and geometric criteria for repeatable shapes. Students finish by identifying one assumption about how viewers may read their symbolism that must be tested this week.
Plan day
Day 7
Duration
55 min
Grouping
Individual
Steps
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