Twenty Mini Yearbook Projects

When it comes to yearbook, keeping students learning and occupied throughout the year can be a challenge, especially for beginning students still learning basic concepts.

These presentations includes 20 projects that take anywhere between 1 day to about a week depending on how you would like to use them. These can also be adapted to fit the online environment if you get a little creative with them.

Table of Contents:

1. Photography Scavenger Hunt (basic photography techniques)

2. Caption Search (analyzing examples from other yearbooks)

3. Pick a Pic (photography analysis and writing)

4. Take and share some pics (practicing basic photography techniques)

5. Make an Infographic (survey/polling development and practice and graphic design)

6. Door Decorating Contest (team building/design/theme development)

7. Fonty Fliers (graphic design/typography/advertising)

8. Headline Hooplah (writing/critical thinking)

9. Ethics Matter (law and ethics/research/critical thinking)

10. Title It! (fun brainstorm/word association)

AND

1. Avoid that Blunder (websearch/ethics/problem solving)

2. Theme Choice Project and Presentation

3. Career Day

4. Marketing and Target Audience (4 P's of marketing/board game, invention, or vacation package project)

5. Potluck Extravaganza (culture/design/infographic--not required to have a physical potluck)

6. The Big Screen (Commercial creation/advertising/editing/creative thinking/team building)

7. Is it Cool, or Naw? (Spread analysis/technical observations/writing)

8. Sales Contest (advertising/incentives/practical application)

9. Staff Spotlight (Team building/writing/interviewing)

10. A Positive Spin (writing/problem solving/body copy)

Keep students interested, keep them learning with practical application all year, and keep your sanity!

*Yearbook/Publications/Graphic Design/Marketing/Journalism/Electives*