Behind the Seams, TRAID
KS3 and KS4'Behind the Seams' is a beautifully designed and easy to use Education Resource Pack devised by TRAID for teachers to bring ethical issues in the fashion industry into the classroom. Discover important global and ethical issues across the fashion and textile industry. Find out how fashion impacts on people's lives and the environment. Prepare students for a sustainable future.
The pack contains:
- 10 lesson plans on waste and ethical fashion
- 3 Extension Activities
- 5 A2 Colour Posters powerfully reinforcing the issues covered in the pack
- 10 A4 colour posters featuring stunning images of TRAID's recycled fashion label TRAIDremade
- Fashion customisation techniques
- Comprehensive resource lists
- 6 Fact Sheets
- Short film introducing TRAID on DVD
- 5 jigsaw puzzles
Devised and produced by TRAID's education team, the pack investigates the social and environmental impacts of fashion, while making cross curricular links with textiles, geography, PSHE and citizenship.
- Price £45 plus £4.95 postage and packing
- To find out more, visit http://www.traid.org.uk/resources.html
Published by TRAID, 2009
| 1. Level | Pre-16 |
| 2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators | B. General knowledge of the textiles and garment industry required.
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| 3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students | A. No background knowledge required.
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| 4. Number of students | Specified / Any number |
| 5. Length of time required | Adjustable |
| 6. Type of activity | Individual work, Group work, Interactive activities, Ideas for projects, assignments and briefs, Article, Discussion and debate, Practical |
| 7. Discipline | Design, Interactive |
| 8. Topics covered | Care and repair, Consumers, Corporate social responsibility, Environment, Fair trade, Ethical initiatives / brands, Globalisation, Second hand clothes, Textiles, Working conditions |
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