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CSS Foundations · Lesson 5 of 11
Backgrounds and Borders
Learn how backgrounds and borders help separate page areas and make layouts easier to understand visually.
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4 practice exercises
1 homework item
What you will learn
- Explain what backgrounds and borders do on a page.
- Recognize a few beginner background and border properties.
- Notice how these rules can separate sections visually.
- Read simple CSS background and border examples without confusion.
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14 minute lesson with 5 sections, 4 exercises, 5 checkpoint questions, and 1 homework submission.
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Background basics
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Border basics
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Read a tiny example
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What to remember before lesson 6
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Backgrounds and Borders: quick check
Write a short beginner explanation of the main idea from Backgrounds and Borders.
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