Storytelling and cross-curricular activities with Adobe and Khan Academy
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Perfect for practicing storytelling, building digital literacy, and preparing for career and college success, these FREE lessons and projects extend Khan Academy content with creative activities. Each resource is designed to be flexible, adaptable, and ready for use in the classroom.
Storytelling activity series
Nine lessons that can be a standalone or scaffolded series on storytelling with Adobe and Pixar in a Box.
Film a video about an imaginary or hypothetical situation
Students use Adobe Spark to imagine and describe a fictional world.
Design a social media post to share an important memory
Students use Adobe Spark to tell the story of one of their memories.
Create a web page to share your world and characters
Students design a world and character for their story and use Adobe Spark Page to share their ideas.
Extended storytelling activity series
Want something a little more advanced? Bring student storytelling to the next level with these five lessons.
Create an image using a line to chart an emotional journey
Students use Adobe Spark or Photoshop to create feeling and characters using lines.
Create a poster identifying your character's obstacles
Students use Adobe Spark or Photoshop to visualize an obstacle their character will face.
Create a web page to plan the first act of your story
Students use Adobe Spark to outline the first act of a story.
Digital media and design
Students practice user experience and app design in this unique series of digital media activities.
Apply your knowledge to prototype a review app
Students use Adobe XD to create an interactive prototype of their app.
Plan a review app to build digital media skills
Students use Adobe XD to mock up the structure and organization of their app.
Complete an empathy activity to build a content review app
Students use Adobe XD to profile a hypothetical user for an app.
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Cultivate a growth mindset
Teach students how to learn from mistakes, set goals, and creatively practice social and emotional learning.
Design a website to share a "SMART" goal
Students use Adobe Spark to build a website sharing and reflecting on an important goal.
Design a website to see mistakes as opportunities
Students use Adobe Spark to design a simple web page reflecting on how mistakes can lead to growth.
Cultivate a math growth mindset while learning polynomials
Students use Adobe Acrobat to practice factoring polynomials and develop a growth mindset in math.
Explore college and careers
Give students a jump start on planning for their future with these fun, adaptable college and career activities for all ages.
Design a web page about your dream career
Students use Adobe Spark to design a simple web page envisioning their future career path.
Create a poster to learn about a career in product design
Students use Adobe Spark to create an image imagining a future career in product design.
Create a video career plan for a comic book artist
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to pitch themselves as comic book artists or creative directors.
Join our Adobe Creative Educator community
Check out this new program for educators in every subject area and grade level.
About "Teach creativity with Adobe and Khan Academy"
This collection, co-designed in partnership with Khan Academy, brings together Adobe’s creative tools with Khan Academy’s world-class content in over 100 flexible and adaptable teaching resources. Each activity provides students an opportunity to engage deeply with their learning, practice essential skills like digital literacy, and nourish their creativity and self-expression.
About Adobe Education Exchange
The Adobe Education Exchange is a learning platform and community, designed by educators for educators, to ignite creativity in the classroom. All materials on the Education Exchange are free, including teaching resources, professional development courses, community discussions, and more.