rhymes with “bean”
challenging, individual, exciting
limitless, ephemeral, ever-changing
ubiquitous in the 60s and 70s
poised for a renewal
1749 Ben Franklin
aka a plethera of pen names
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in
all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of
private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all
Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their
Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such
Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with
Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves,
and to their Country.
“These are the times that try men’s souls”
“Give me liberty or give me death”
1776 anonymous
aka Thomas Paine
Da·da or da·da (dä dä)
n. Fr. hobbyhorse
A European artistic and literary
movement (1916-1923) that flouted
conventional aesthetic and cultural
values by producing works marked
by nonsense, travesty, and
incongruity.
1920s and beyond
1970s punk subculture
2000s…you can guess
what happened…
TBA:
PKY 21st Century
1980s-1990s
7th Grade Wheel students
 What
are you interested in?
 What’s your passion?
 What do you do well?
 What do you know?
 What do you want to tell others about?
 What do you want to show others?
 What do you want to make?
 How do you want to do it?
 Can you do it well in 9 weeks?
 Produce
one zine (any appropriate for PKY style and content you choose)
 Write short creative pieces for your zine content (three per
week from choices offered. You may add additional text and art if you wish.)
 Make
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three brief zine talks along the way
Expository speech about your zine (or essay instead)
Persuasive speech relating to the subject and focus of your
zine or a brief “sales pitch” advertisement for your zine
using visual aids or media of some kind
Show and tell of your final product and what you learned from
the experience or an oral interpretation
performance of one of the pieces in your zine
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You are so used to guidelines and definitions and regulations that it
may be a struggle to accept that there are very few rules in the
world of zines.
Issued by one person not for profit but for self-expression.
“Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.”
DIY with pen, paper, scissors, glue or the latest in word processing
technology…your choice.
“…cut and paste, ‘sorry this was late,’ self-published magazines
reproduced at Kinko’s or on the sly at work and distributed by mail
or word of mouth.” Chip Rowe
“…can be about toasters, food, a favorite show, thrift stores,
anarchism, candy, bunnies, architecture, war, gingerbread men,
activism, comics, eating, Barbie dolls—you name it. There are
personal zines, music zines, sport zines, zines about politics and pop
culture.” Bartel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine
You will learn even more from the
articles you read.
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You will have a “zine about Zines” to use in class that
gives you guidelines, handouts, links, assignments. We will
refer to it often.
You will have plenty of models to inspire you as well as
editing help from the teacher and your peers. Handouts
and links are on the harrellland website and zine class
page for further reference.
We will have at least one day per week to use the library
computers. Be sure to save your work (and make back
ups too)
You may do all your work in class or work some at
home if you wish. Games and FreeRice and other cool
on-line items are available if you finish early.
This is basically a workshop/share/speech class, so
work ethic is important!
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What a zine is and why it’s part of our world
A plethera of creative writing ideas, formats, and models
Several methods for making magazines and how to produce interesting
designs and formats for presenting information and art
The importance of having several ideas and plans from which to
choose the best, and the necessity of revising and reworking these
ideas and pieces
More about yourself, your beliefs, your interests, and your talents
How to plan brief speeches and speak effectively in front of a group
That you can plan and produce a worthwhile project and stay focused
on your tasks (and earn a really fun A for this part of the wheel)
That you can continue to be a first class zine master and I’ll help you
any time to do this!