Unit 3 - The Internet and Web Design - 14 Classes

The Internet is one of the largest concepts in Big Idea 4 in the AP CS Principles curriculum but learning Web Design with HTML and CSS is not.

I believe they go hand in hand and therefore recommend completing this entire unit.  I will refer to the Big Idea 4 content as the Theory of the Internet within these lessons and you certainly can pull out the Theory lessons from the remainder.

At the time of publishing, I used replit.com to teach my lessons for this unit and then continue to do so for the next programming units.  I have also used downloaded software in the past, including the free Brackets programming tool.

Plus, there are many excellent online tools for introducing HTML and CSS including Khan Academy & Codecademy both of which I have used in the past (and CodeHS which I have not used for web design but I have for other topics).  I currently direct-teach this unit, as I do the others, but there have been years in the past where I let students work through an online learning tool and then assign them my assignments to ensure understanding.  Khan Academy has a very effective HTML and CSS lesson set and would be my #1 recommendation.

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