ZINE CREATION KIT
A Make-Your-Own Zine Kit for small groups of students.
Zines can include writing, comics, drawings, typing, magazine collages, black-and-white clip art, and more. Experiment with the look and the content and offer prompts such as: What do you love or hate? What do you wish you could read about but never see? What cracks you up? What do you wish you could change? Consider a perzine (a personal story); a split zine (two people write half); or a compilation with many contributors. (SLJ, March 203, Cathy Camper)
This teen zine kit contains:
3 cutting mats
1 long-reach stapler
paper folding tools & scissors
Zine samples from DPS students
4 books - Make a Zine: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution, Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture, Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine? The Art of Making Zines and Minicomics, & The Creative Kindness Zine Workbook
Consumable materials: Sharpies, Glue Sticks, Washi Tape, Duct Tape, Blank Paper, etc.
Not included: old magazines, X-Acto Knife, paint, scrapbooking letters, etc.
Recommended Grades: Secondary
Learning Concepts: Narrative Storytelling, Empathy Building, Lived Experiences, Self-Expression, Maker culture, Creation vs. Consumption
Kits Available: 1
Additional eBooks are available for DPS educators and students at http://soraapp.com
Or check out your school's library collection at:
Applications for Education
From A to Zine - START HERE for all things zines. Free lesson plans, video tutorials, templates, and galleries. Denver-based.
School Library Journal (issue March 2023) offers a brief history of the medium and tips on library purchasing, resources, and circulation.
Denver Zine Library currently has a lending collection of around 20,000 zines and organizes an annual Denver Zine Fest.
Center for Visual Art / MSU Denver offers paid internships to high schoolers at their Art + Action Lab. Past zine projects can be viewed online.
Remezcla - Latinx Zinester interviews.
POC Zine Project - Making zines by people of color easy to find, distribute, and share.
Libguide - Zines as Educational Tools.
Using Zines in the Classroom - From A to Zine (March 2019)
www.fromatozine.com
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Student Examples - South HS
Pablo Rivera, Visual Arts Teacher
