July 28, 2026
Tag: Teaching
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A Teacher’s Lesson Plan
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There comes that day in every teacher’s career when any lesson plan that someone else writes is a blessing. Benn Trask, an eastern Virginia history teacher has put together a lesson plan for all his postcard collector friends who are also teachers. All you need is some “golden age” postcards on any topic and you’re…
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December 16, 2021 9 Comments
Negative Space is not a common expression, but art students around the world understand it and it is frequently a standard “assignment” in art classes. Artists who use “negative space” learned most of what they know from Clarence Coles Phillips, a postcard artist who was part of the art department at Life magazine where he introduced the “fadeaway girl.” Holy ($$$) dollar signs.