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Missouri Department of Elementary

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th
Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...
Handout
Vroma Project

V Roma Project: Roman Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource outlines the different styles of clothing worn by the people of ancient Rome. Pictures, diagrams, and explanations are provided for a detailed account of ancient fashions. Go on to "Roman Clothing, Part II" for more about...
PPT
Other

Iroquois Indian Museum: Learning Longhouse: Clothing and Shelter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides information about Iroquois clothing and shelter. Double-click on an image to see a larger version accompanied by a description. Can also be navigated as a slideshow.
Website
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: 18th Century Clothing

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource provides a history of men's and women's clothing in colonial times. Includes photographs.
Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Clothes in German Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Identify German vocabulary words for clothing and practice with the game.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
eBook
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Text

For Students 5th
This is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes" in text format.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Modern the Emperor's New Clothes: Video

For Students 5th
As you watch this modern version of The Emperor's New Clothes, take note of the character's personalities, how these characters interact, and how they are similar or different from one another. Check out the additional activities below...
Handout
Other

Plimoth Plantation: What to Wear?: Wampanoag and Pilgrim Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the clothing of the Wampanoag people with the English clothing of the Pilgrims in the 1600s. Photographs provide clear images of how they would have dressed.
Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Housing, Food, and Clothes

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this article from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs you can read about traditional Japanese houses, clothing, and food, but also find out how modern Japanese people live.
Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Middlel Ages: Clothing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Clear and concise overview of the kinds of clothing worn during the medieval period by different classes of persons: peasants, royalty, clerics.
Graphic
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Culture Areas and the Locations of Tribes With Illustrated Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
A great map of the Native American culture areas with corresponding drawings of the cultures' individual clothing styles.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids' Africa: Create Your Own Adinkra Cloth

For Students Pre-K - 1st
After a discussion of the Adinkra Cloth, this site goes through a series of steps to create an Adinkra Cloth at home. A list of materials necessary is also included.
Graphic
Andre Dollinger

Reshafim: Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive description of clothing in ancient Egypt: fabrics, construction, styles, laundering, and footwear. Many pictures accompany the commentary.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Forget Shopping. Soon You'll Download Your New Clothes

For Students 9th - 10th
Downloadable, printable clothing may be coming to a closet near you. What started as designer Danit Peleg's fashion school project turned into a collection of 3D-printed designs that have the strength and flexibility for everyday wear....
Handout
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Looking at 18th Century Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum that provides pictures and explanations of colonial clothing.
Primary
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Should Animals Wear Clothes? 3 of 5

For Teachers K
In this lesson, children share their opinion with the rest of the class about the topic of animals wearing clothes.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making

For Students 6th - 8th
A Hawaiian kapa artist explains how she uses area and measurements as part of her art-making process in this video from the Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and learn how...
Article
Other

Fabric for Bachelors or How to Shop for Work Clothes

For Students 9th - 10th
Really fun series of articles about how to pick good quality clothing that will last through the years. Provides tips on selecting fibers, caring for clothes, and proper fit.
Website
Other

Virtue Ventures: Medieval Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles and images of clothing and fashion from the Middle Ages.
Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Words for Clothes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play Teddy Dresser and learn the English words for articles of clothing. Game reinforces the learning of common words for clothes (hat, jeans, and shirt) and of more challenging clothing words too (helmet, tiara, and trousers).
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Inventing Stories for Your Favorite Clothes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading several clothing descriptions and stories from the J. Peterman Clothing Catalogue, students imitate the voice of the catalogue to write descriptions and stories of their own clothes. Teacher instructions, printable graphic...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Women's Clothing Sizes Don't Make Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
Women's clothing sizes are very inconsistent. Vox explains the women's clothing industry.

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