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Sewing Unit (Textiles)
Get out that sewing machine it's time for a textile project. The class learns how to use a sewing machine, read a pattern, and create a simple article of clothing. They identify the sewing machine parts, use an iron, and think about...
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Interior Design- Textiles
Students investigate natural and synthetic fibers. In this textiles lesson plan, students pass around samples of carpet, drapes and clothing and decide what they are made of. Students use KWL charts to organize information from reading...
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Textile Quilt
Learners, after researching various textile patterns, colors and motifs, explore and discover the vibrant colors and patterns of traditional African fabrics. Together they create an informative classroom textile quilt that illustrates...
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Enduring Patterns: Pre-Columbian Ecuadorean Textile Designs
Students examine Pre-Columbian Ecuadorean design motifs. They view examples of the designs, discuss the motif themes, and replicate the designs on modern fabric using authentic methods.
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Telling Tales About Textiles
Students analyze the different types of textiles, processes for creating cloth, and inventions utilized to manufacture industrial goods. In this Telling Tales About Textiles lesson plan, students weave on a card loom to create their own...
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Natural Fibers/Textiles
Learners identify basic fibers, the characteristics, use and care of each textile. They sort fibers by identifying the appropriate characteristics of natural fibers. In the end, they participate in a textile bingo game.
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FACS:Nanotechnology and "Smart" Textiles (IT)
Students research and define nanotechnology and how nanotechnology products are being used in the development of new textiles for different industries. They demonstrate basic flaws found in the clothing industry today: shrink, fade,...
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Natural Fibers and Textiles
Students sort fibers by identifying the appropriate characteristics of natural fibers. After sorting, students determine the difference between man-made and natural fibers, and play textile bingo.
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Comparing Patterns In Chinese And American Textile
Young scholars create Chinese jacket designs using magic markers and paper jackets as well as knowledge of Chinese and American textile designs and techniques in this upper-elementary instructional activity.
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FACS: Sewing Factory (Textiles)
Young scholars gain practical experience in how sewing factories are run. They experience job possibilities by running a sewing factory simulation. Students explore clothing and textile technology.
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4-H Clothing and Textiles Activity Page
This activity provides a unique review of clothing and textiles, focusing on sewing. It includes a handy diagram of a sewing machine, which could be useful in a home economics class, and 10 questions.
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Textiles and Apparal
Young scholars create apparel. For this career connection lesson, students create displays that feature textile and apparel samples.
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Textile Boy Scout Merit Badge Workbook
In this Boy Scout Textile merit badge learning exercise, students complete 4 pages of multiple step, short answer questions in order to earn a merit badge. They look at textiles, compare fabrics, describe the manufacturing process, and...
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Clothes on the Grow
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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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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Pre-fieldtrip Preparation: Museum Windham Textile & History
Eleventh graders prepare for a trip to the Windham Textile and History Museum. For this industrialization lesson, 11th graders discover what it was like to work in the textile mills and then write their own oral history accounts of life...
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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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Textile Processing: Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, pupils will use a word bank of textile words to correctly name each picture. The pictures are color photos of various textile processing tools.
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Textile Processing
For this textile processing worksheet, students use four pictures to describe what is happening in the wool process. Students choose from a list of 7 words.
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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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Clothe Batik and Color Blending
Fabric dyeing and textile art has been around for hundreds of years. Budding fabric artists explore the Batik dyeing technique and color blending as they create unique and personal designs. The full step-by-step procedure and materials...
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Lesson: Communication Through Clothing
As we all know, some clothing has a way of letting us know a little something about the person wearing it. Kids explore the idea that clothing can be a form of communication and artistic expression. They analyze a Native American textile...
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The Lowell Experience
Visiting a modern city with a historic past is a wonderful way to show learners how places and technology progresses. Take a visual trip to Lowell Massachusetts and learn about the historic center of textile mill production during the...
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Creating a Textile Museum Piece from the Islamic Empire
Students create a drawing of an Islamic textile piece from the height of the Islamic Empire. Students describe the textile designs as symbolic representations of life in Islam during the 11th and 12th centuries.
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