Unit 1: Our fashion, my style
What people like to wear changes over time, trends come and go. Personally, you may either be a fan of fashion or not care about it at all, but still we all are influenced by fashion.
This unit is about clothes we wear. Pupils will have a look at the materials they wear, where they come from and where the styles of our clothes may have originated.
Pupils …
- read and learn about unusual and common kinds of hats
- find out about the materials of the clothes they are wearing
- watch a film on how to sew a pill box hat
- learn about items of clothing that come from a specific place or region
They revise and learn the following language features:
- language to talk about the materials, colour and shape of clothing
- different tenses to talk about the past
- language to evaluate a presentation
- the present perfect
Links
Focus on language
Brenda's webpage (link no longer available)
ThreadBanger (a landing point for people who want to create and discover their own style through alternative fashion: recycling, up-cycling and re-fashioning anything and everything with simple sewing tools and techniques)
Work stories
Connexions Direct (information and advice for young people)
Information about apprenticeship in the UK