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Kente Cloth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine colors, patterns, and meanings of the designs in a traditional form of weaving from Ghana called a Kente cloth. They create a replica drawing of a Kente cloth using paper and Crayola Overwriters Markers. Drawings can be...
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Medieval Clothing and Fashion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the clothing of medieval times. In this Middle Ages lesson, students view their instructor in the clothing of the era. Students then research the clothing worn by the people of the time period and create booklets that...
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Clothing and Social Change in America

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine how clothing for men and women has changed over time with their changing roles in society. Students work individually and in groups to complete the tasks in this lesson.
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The Treaty Trail: U.S. - Clothing That Talks: Meaning and Material Culture

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners investigate the cultures of Native Americans and Euro-Americans through their clothing.  In this photograph analysis instructional activity, students observe historic photographs and analyze the style of clothes people wore and...
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Clothes on the Grow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can you grow clothes? Sure, wool, cotton, and Angora are all natural resources used to make textile products. Learners investigate the differences between synthetic and natural fibers, then consider textile processing careers. They watch...
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Global Economy: A Simple Activity

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the global economy. In this economics lesson, students examine clothing labels in search of the countries the clothing was made in. Students consider the implications of a global economy.
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Looking at Clothing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify various articles of clothing in Spanish. They answer discussion questions about clothing and buying clothes, examine and repeat the names of clothing in Spanish, match pictures with vocabulary words, and play a...
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Spelling By Picture- Clothing

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling activity, students examine 8 pictures and fill in the spaces next to it to spell the word correctly. Some hints are given.
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Kuba African Cloth

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify four different African cloth design styles and associate them with the cultures examined in this lesson plan. The lesson plan also includes a creative project where each student creates their own cloth design.
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Understanding Religious Clothing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the concept of religious clothing. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students examine misconceptions and stereotypes regarding religious clothing as they read selected articles and discuss their impressions.
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Mountain Man Clothing

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine what mountain men wore, and what the clothing looked like. They determine what the special features and purposes had to been included in the clothing. They examine the shirts, breeches, hats, and gloves that were...
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Teaching Hmong History And Culture Through Story Cloths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the culture and history of the Hmong. Using story cloths, they investigate how they were used as expressions of their culture. They discover the Hmong's economic conditions and how they were able to form a new way to...
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Examples of Cameroonian Clothing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine aspects of culture in Cameroon. In this Cameroon lesson, students view a slide show featuring indigenous Cameroonian clothing and respond to discussion questions.
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Sir Thomas Holte-Tudor clothing

For Students 5th - 7th
For this Tudor clothing worksheet, students examine a picture of Sir Thomas Holte (not given) before copying the picture in the picture frame shown on the worksheet. They draw items such as a doublet, a collar and cuffs, shoes with high...
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Clothes Word Search

For Students 5th - 8th
In this clothing word puzzle instructional activity, students examine the 20 clothing-related words in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
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Spelling by Picture- Clothing Accessories

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling by pictures worksheet, students examine pictures of 8 clothing accessories and spell the names on the dotted lines to the left of each picture. They use the letters clues to help them with the spelling.
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You Are What You Wear

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students, after analyzing interactions between groups/societies, effects of causality/change over time, forms of imaginative writing and utilizing art media to conveying messages/meaning, examine the relationship between clothing and...
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ESL Clothes 2 Picture/Word Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL clothes picture/word matching worksheet, students examine small, colorful clip art pictures of clothing items. They match the 9 pictures to the word that names them.
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Using the Patterns and Symbols of Mali Mud Cloth to Convey Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in relating the role of the arts in defining identity. They examine the community in West African society and how members of that community define their role. They view how artifacts, music and performance can...
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Matching Clothes

For Students K - 1st
In this ESL clothing vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict common articles of clothing. Students match the pictures with the nouns that describe them
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Clothes Jeopardy Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL clothes vocabulary worksheet, learners examine 3 pictures of people wearing different articles of clothing. Students read 3 answers and write a question that goes with each.
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Clothes Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL clothing vocabulary learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures that show common clothing items. Students match these to their names.
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My Clothes

For Students K - 1st
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict articles of clothing. Students match the pictures with the words that describe them.
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Middle Tennessee State University

Help Is on the Way: Civil War Women and Relief Work

For Teachers 8th Standards
The role women played in the Civil War, especially in relief efforts, is the focus of this seven-page resource. Groups examine primary source materials to determine how this work reflected and expanded the traditional roles women held in...