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Clothing and Textiles Careers
Students identify clothing and textile careers and the skills needed to be successful in these careers. They discuss examples of different types of fibers and fabrics. They discuss related career pathways and other educational...
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Adinkra Printed Textiles
Students examine printed textiles that commemorate events, people, and objectives. In this Adinkra printed textile lesson, students explore Africa as they discover the patterns and techniques for creating Adinkra symbols on textile....
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes
Students design and create a fabric box using different fabrics and fusible bwebbing. They cut fabric using template and iron on the fusible web. then the pieces are sewn together to complete the box.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Lab
Young scholars examine fabric. In this Applied Science lesson, students look at the fibers of fabric through a microscope. Young scholars compare and contrast a variety of fibers.
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WHAT MAKES OUR BLUE JEANS BLUE?
Twelfth graders become aware of the environmental, social and economic issues related to the production of blue jeans. They explore the relationship between individual clothing choices as well as global issues. In addition, they...
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Kimono Collagraph Prints
Students gain an appreciation for art/textiles for Japan. They use different textures to create a collagraph plate. They hand color a print with colored pencil to create interest.
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Lights, Sounds, Fabrics and Designs: Careers in the World of Design
High schoolers investigate the broad range of jobs that can be found in the world of design. Students explore sound design, language architecture, etc. High schoolers design a resource book and post it on a website for others to share.
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Fabrics and Polymers
Learners explore natural resources by reading a science story in class. In this fibers lesson, students identify and discuss the differences between fibers such as wool, silk, rayon, linen and cotton. Learners identify the common uses of...
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Nano Waterproofing
Students experiment to determine a way to waterproof a piece of cotton fabric. In this scientific inquiry instructional activity, students use reference worksheets to explore waterproofing and the use of nanotechnology in engineering...
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4-H Clothing and Textiles Leader's Page
This activity could be used in a home economics class to teach students about sewing and clothing. Using this 10 question activity, learners explore the function of a sewing machine, and plan a project.
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Fibers and Fabric
Students are introduced to a variety of different fibers. After acting out a short story, they discover how yarn and basic weaves are made. To end the lesson, they practice making their own weave pattern using paper strips and then yarn.
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Textile Selection
Students identify various textiles and factors that lead to the selection of specific textiles. They put their knowledge of textiles to use by selecting the textiles that they would use in an interior that they have designed.
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The US-Taiwan Textile Trade Case
Students explore the issues of free trade and protectionism by role-playing. In particular, they will learn how these terms apply to an understanding of U.S.-Taiwan trade in textiles. After a lecture/demo, students break into groups for...
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Fabric Selection for Quilts
Middle schoolers review the parts of fabric, good fabric selection for a quilt, and participate in a lab to determine a good fabric for quilts. They identify the parts of the fabric, how important the parts of the fabric are, and select...
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Imagery on Fabric
Students practice placing images on their completed quilts. Using their quilt they made in an earlier lesson, they print off photographs from a printer and use heat to transfer them to the fabric. They share their quilts with the class.
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Abstract painting - Inspired by Textiles
Students compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression associated with specific groups of people, geographic regions, or time periods, specifically art of Andean cultures, and create art works using procedures borrowed from...
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Warm and Toasty
Learners are introduced to the concepts of specific heat and heat capacity. In groups, they design an experiment to test these two topics on various fabrics. They compare and contrast the amount of heat loss on the different materials...
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Kuba African Cloth
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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Japanese Objects as Cultural Artifacts: A Model Lesson Using Textiles
Students complete a unit on the cultural significance of textiles in the Japanese culturre. They analyze cotton, line, silk, and wool fabrics, examine various fabric creation and decoration techniques, select an object and write a...
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Pineapple Stars
Students watch a demonstration on how to create pineapple stars. As a class, they review the different types of fabrics and the best ones to use for this activity. They share their creation with the class and ask for constructive...
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Jungle Vines
Students utilize their artistic senses to create jungle vines. In this arts and crafts lesson, students create jungle vines using green and brown fabric and scissors. Students hang their vines from the class ceiling to present a jungle...
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Great Balls of Fire
Sixth graders compare and contrast natural and synthetic fabrics. In this science investigation instructional activity, 6th graders test the flammability of 6 natural and synthetic fabrics.
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Candy Jar
Students create their own candy jar. In this art lesson, students sort M&M's by color layering the colors in the glass jar, glue a fabric circle on the top, tie a ribbon around the top, and give the jar to someone special.
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Making Cloth: The Impact of Technology
Students analyze and discuss several primary source documents that address the changes in technology that affected New England agricultural communities in the early 19th century. They also identify and discuss historical contexts for...