Doodle 4 Google - Teacher's Guide (Grades6-8)

Aug 21, 2026

Teacher’s Guide Grades 6-8 introduces a creative contest activity centered on “What inspires me.” The guide helps students brainstorm inspiring ideas, actions, events, movements, and quotes, then research catalyst moments and reflect on personal motivations. Students create a Google Doodle from their vision work, collaborate to build a school “wall of inspiration,” and use entry forms for submission. It also includes a parent letter explaining the contest and key deadlines.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time10 min

AccessFree to download

Activity: Inspiration Brainstorm—This Is Your Moment

Objectives

Materials

Steps

Activity: Let’s Start Doodling!

Objective

Materials

Steps

Help Your Students Enter

Entry form instructions

Submission methods and deadlines

Dear Parent/Guardian

Contest theme and purpose

What Inspires Me

Teacher’s Guide Grades 6-8

Encourage your students to show what inspires them through a creative, uplifting doodle!

Doodles can be submitted between January 8, 2018 – March 2, 2018

What’s in the guide?

• 2 unique lesson plans that integrate Doodle 4 Google into your classroom

• A letter explaining the contest to copy and share with parents

Activity

Inspiration Brainstorm—This Is Your Moment

Objectives:

• Help students identify examples of inspiration, especially ideas, actions, events, and quotes that embody what it means to inspire.

• Help students identify that many acts, events, and movements that have changed the world for the better began with simple acts of inspiration – and in many instances, were done by people just like themselves.

Materials:

• Pens/pencils, notepads, Internet or school library access, art supplies (scissors/cardboard/paper), illustration software, pencils/pens, notepads, Internet access, art supplies

Steps:

1. As a group, have students identify moments, events, and experiences that have inspired them. (Thought starters for 2017: Million Woman March, Hurricane and wildfire relief efforts, \#DoSomethingForNothing, \#metoo, Wonder Woman, Fenty, Hidden Figures’Oscar acceptance, Hamilton, and many more from current events, sports, and your own cities, communities, and neighborhoods)

2. Once you have a fairly comprehensive list going, ask students to do a little research to identify some individuals and/or “catalyst moments” that made the events on your list possible.

3. Have them speculate: How did they do it? What drove them? What or who helped them make it happen? (Note: actual “proof” or “the right answer” is not necessary here – this should be a fun and fast-paced call and response.)

4. Now ask students to write down or share a vision they have for themselves to do something inspiring or positive.

5. Then ask students to either a) write a paragraph or b) create a drawing/piece of art that explains their vision and how they might accomplish it.

6. Bring it all together by having students use their vision work to create a “wall of inspiration” for others in the school. The student body can show support/love/ agreement of students by attaching stickers, marking “+1”, signing their names, or photographing sections to post on social media (with a hashtag of the classroom’s choosing) .

Activity

Let’s Start Doodling!

Now it’s time for your students to share their inspirations and turn them into a Google Doodle!

Objective:

• Help students to take the learnings from the brainstorm activity and translate it to a Google Doodle.

Materials:

• Pencils, art supplies, collage materials Optional: video display capabilities

Steps:

1. Ask students to reflect on the brainstorm lesson and how they can translate their unique visual representation into a Google Doodle.

2. To get the creativity flowing, show these videos to the students:

• [Part One: Imagine:](Part One: Imagine: goo.gl/pdRW22)[ ](Part One: Imagine: goo.gl/pdRW22)[goo.gl/pdRW22](Part One: Imagine: goo.gl/pdRW22)

• [Part Two: Create:](Part Two: Create: goo.gl/XnJ4uo)[ ](Part Two: Create: goo.gl/XnJ4uo)[goo.gl/XnJ4uo](Part Two: Create: goo.gl/XnJ4uo)

3. Students can also check out our doodle team’s work for [inspiration at:](inspiration at: google.com/doodles)[ ](inspiration at: google.com/doodles)[google.com/doodles](inspiration at: google.com/doodles)

4. Now it’s time to doodle! Pass out the submission forms in this packet and have students create their doodles. We recommend giving students at least 30 minutes to complete their creations. You may also want to let them go home and brainstorm with parents and family members. Download additional entry forms at [doodle4google.com](doodle4google.com).

5. Encourage students to select any medium that inspires their inner artist. They can use anything, like paint, clay, or even food to create a doodle that represents their inspir

FAQs

What is the main theme students create around in this guide?

Students create a Google Doodle based on the theme “What inspires me,” expressing what inspires them through an uplifting, creative artwork.

How do students move from brainstorming to creating their doodle?

Students first identify and discuss inspiring moments, then write or share a personal vision for doing something inspiring or positive. They translate that vision into either a paragraph or an art piece, and then convert it into a Google Doodle.

How can parents help with student submissions?

Parents support students by signing the entry form. Students can submit multiple entries at once on behalf of their class, and submissions can be mailed or submitted digitally following the contest instructions.

Aug 21, 2026

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