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Title:
| Web Design: Background Images |
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Description:
| These sites feature free background images that can be downloaded and used on your own Web site. Includes many colorful designs as well as backgrounds featuring animals and holiday themes. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on HTML. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Background Textures
This collection of background texture images are organized by colors.
Palette Man
Create your own color scheme for a website through a color palette-generation and interaction system. There is an instruction and preset of palettes.
Backgrounds Archive
Pick a category and then download one of the free backgrounds. Note: Teachers should review this site before using in classrooms because the site is constantly updated. This site includes ads.
Background City
Choose from a variety of free backgrounds at this site. Includes animal and holiday themes. These backgorunds are good for younger students. Click on "Tips and Tricks" for instructions. Note: This site includes ads.
Patterns
This site has a variety of patterns to download for using as web background. Note: There are links to external sites.
Web Page Background Clip Art Images
Click on each image to see how it would display as a background in a browser. Note: This site includes ads.
Web Design Studio by Windy
This site compiles many categories of image backgrounds. Note: This site includes ads.
Backgrounds
This site organized background images into general and holiday themes. There is a variety of holiday themes collection such as Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Independence Day. Note: This site includes ads.
Backgrounds and Seamless Textures
Scroll down to see a list of backgrounds organized by categories. Click each image to sample it on a browser. Note: This site includes ads.
eThemes Resource: Web Design: Creating a Web Site
These sites feature HTML tutorials to help you create a Web site. Includes a thorough explanation of how a Web page works, plus tips on how to plan your content in advance and how to create an attractive site. There are tutorials geared for younger students as well as ones more appropriate for teachers and older students. Also includes assessment sheets for evaluating student Web sites and warnings about what type of information should NOT be included on student pages. There are links to other eTheme Resources on background images, free image collections, and Internet safety.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.4, 1.10, 2.1, 2.5, 4.8
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