Clothing Care and Maintenance
Fashion Design
Arts, Audio/Visual Technology, and Communications
Lesson Plan
Performance Objective
• Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to successfully perform laundering
tasks using safety and sanitation procedures.
Specific Objective
• Students will determine procedures to receive, mark, and identify laundry.
• Students will determine appropriate laundry procedures.
• Students will demonstrate safety and sanitary procedures while laundering.
Terms
Label
Oil-based stain
Water-based stain
Stain removal solvent
Enzyme
Time
When taught as written, this lesson should take approximately 1 class period to teach.
Preparation
TEKS Correlations:
This lesson, as published, correlates to the following TEKS. Any changes/alterations to the activities
may result in the elimination of any or all of the TEKS listed.
130.93. Fashion Design. (c) Knowledge and Skills.
(2) The student applies professional communication strategies. The student is expected to:
(C) interpret and communicate information, data, and observations.
(E) apply active listening skills.
(8) The student develops employability characteristics. The student is expected to:
(B) identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities needed to
be employable.
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(10) The student develops an understanding of fashion and the textile and apparel industries.
The student is expected to:
(F) apply skills related to commercial care of clothing by:
(i) demonstrating procedures to receive, mark, and identify laundry or dry
cleaning;
(ii) determine appropriate laundry and dry cleaning procedures;
(iii) demonstrate safety and sanitary procedures while laundering, pressing, or
dry cleaning;
Interdisciplinary Correlations:
110.32. English Language Arts and Reading, English II
(9) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make
inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to
support their understandings. Students are expected to:
(B) distinguish between different kinds of evidence (e.g., logical, empirical, anecdotal)
used to support conclusions and arguments in texts
(C) make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text
and their organizational patterns
Occupational Correlation (O*Net – www.onetonline.org/):
Job Title: Fashion Designer
O*Net Number: 27-1022.00
Reported Job Titles: Apparel Fashion Designer, Clothing Designer, Costume Designer, Product
Developer
Tasks:
• Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing
samples or finished garments.
• Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
• Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as
color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
• Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
• Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic
status.
• Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of
sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
Soft Skills: Active listening, speaking, writing, social perceptiveness, judgment and decision making
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Accommodations for Learning Differences
It is important that lessons accommodate the needs of every learner. These lessons may be modified
and/or accommodated to your students with learning differences by referring to the files found on the
Special Populations page of this website.
Preparation
• Review and familiarize yourself with the terminology.
• Gather clothing samples with common stains for students to perform stain removal activity.
Place soiled garments in numbered plastic bags, ready to hand to students during independent
practice.
• Have materials ready to go prior to the start of the lesson.
References
Liddell, L., & Samuels, C. (2004). Clothes and your appearance. Tinley Park, Illinois: The GoodheartWillcox Company, Inc.
Instructional Aids
• Lesson Plan: Clothing Care and Maintenance
• Slide Presentation: Clothing Care and Maintenance
• Student Assignment
• CSI Fact Sheet
• Instructor computer or projection unit
• Pen or pencil
• Clothing articles with common stains
• Plastic bags
Introduction
Introduce the lesson by asking students who normally takes care of their laundry. What do they do
when they get a stain on their clothes?
Display and discuss slideshow presentation with class. Students may take notes. (Optional)
Refer to answers students stated about their currently laundry needs. Discuss with students how
knowledge of appropriate laundering can improve their existing wardrobe.
Inform students of their assignment. Students may work individually or in small groups. Distribute a CSI
fact sheet and a student assignment worksheet to each student or pair. Students should work on
assignment after the slideshow presentation and guided practice is completed with the class.
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Outline
MI
Outline
Go through the Slide Presentation with
students. Discuss the following:
I: Title slide
Instructor Notes
Begin Slide Presentation here.
II. Overall Objectives
a. What students will learn
b. How students will demonstrate
their learning
III. Routine Laundry Procedures
a. Labels
b. Care instructions
IV. CSI Step 1: Gather the Facts
V. CSI Step 2: Investigate the Evidence
VI. CSI Step 3: Contamination Clues
Slide 2: Discuss what students
will learn in this lesson.
Slide 3: Students determine
where they can find garment
care information
Slide 4: Students review CSI fact
sheet and discuss treatment
methods to common stains
Slide 5: Students determine
fabric content and stain
substance
Slide 6: Students analyze best
stain removal treatment
VII. CSI Step 4: Cite your Case
Slide 7: Students write down
chosen treatment method
VIII. CSI Step 5: Bust the Blotch
Slide 8: Students review safety
and sanitation procedures for
taking out stains in class activity
IX: Student Assignment
Slide 9: Teacher review
students’ assignment and
expectations
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Multiple Intelligences Guide
Existentialist
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Kinesthetic/
Bodily
Logical/
Mathematical
Musical/
Rhythmic
Naturalist
Verbal/
Linguistic
Visual/
Spatial
Application
Guided Practice
Throughout the slide presentation, the teacher will stop periodically for the class to participate in short
activities.
• For Slide #4, each student (or small group) should receive a CSI fact sheet. The fact sheet
identifies common stains and their treatment methods. Teacher should perform a guided
practice activity with students as slideshow continues through slide #8. Ask class as a whole
what they should do to treat the boy’s baseball uniform with a grass stain.
•
For Slide # 5, ask students what type of fabric they think the baseball uniform is made of. Also
ask if they think the grass stain is water-based or oil-based.
•
For Slide #6, have a student read the treatment method for the guided practice example from
the CSI fact sheet.
•
For Slide #8, the teacher should review safety and sanitation procedures with the class.
Independent Practice
• The teacher will hand each student (individually or in small groups) a student assignment
worksheet and a plastic bag with a stained garment.
o Students will need to work through the CSI steps 1-5 to identify and treat the stain.
o As students get to step 4, they should write down the treatment method and other
required information on the student assignment worksheet.
• Students should follow the safety and sanitation procedures when taking out the stain in step 5.
• Once students have removed the stain, they should show the garment to the teacher before
placing it in a laundry basket or back in the bag.
Summary
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Review
Students evaluate and discuss their experiences with the CSI steps. Was their stain successfully
removed? What complications did they have? How can they use this information in their personal and
professional lives?
Evaluation
Informal Assessment
Any and all of the following can be used as informal assessments…
• Check student participation in guided practice
• Prompting
• Check progress of student assignment
Formal Assessment
Any and all of the following can be used as formal assessments…
• Notes on slide show presentation
• Student assignment worksheet
• Stain removal activity completion
Enrichment
Extension:
Students may continue garment care by completing the laundering of their previously stained
garments. Students may demonstrate how to correctly adjust settings on washer and dryer machines.
Students may also demonstrate how to correctly adjust settings and perform pressing techniques.
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FASHION C S I
CLOTHING STAIN INVESTIGATION
FACT SHEET
STAIN
Pen ink
Blood
Oil
Chocolate
Coffee/Tea
Make-up
Deodorant
Grass
Sweat
Nail polish
Fruit juice
TREATMENT METHOD
Treat with a stain-removal solvent. Rubbing alcohol may remove some ink
stains. Wash as usual after stain is removed.
Soak stain in water. Rub laundry detergent into stain. You may also soak in
water with an enzyme product.
Rub a heavy-duty laundry detergent into the stain. Wash with the hottest
water that is safe for the fabric. If the stain persist, repeat.
Soak in a mixture of warm water and treatment with enzymes. Rinse. If the
stain persists, treat with laundry detergent.
Soak in a mixture of warm water and treatment with enzymes or with
oxygen bleach safe for the fabric. Use the hottest water safe for the fabric.
Treat with undiluted laundry detergent. Work the detergent with your
fingers to make suds. Rinse. Rub the edges of the stain with a cloth.
Rub stain with liquid detergent. Use the hottest water safe for the fabric.
Allow it to sit 5 to 10 minutes before rinsing.
Pretreat stained area in a treatment with enzymes. Then wash the
garment as usual. If the stain persists, treat with bleach safe for the fabric.
Treat with water and laundry detergent. Let sit for one hour. Wash as
normal. Use hottest water safe for fabric.
Treat with nail polish remover. First check nail polish remover on a piece of
the garment that will be unseen.
Treat with cool water and a sponge as soon as possible. Then treat with an
enzyme product. Use white vinegar to treat if you cannot use bleach.
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FASHION C S I
CLOTHING STAIN INVESTIGATION
STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Complete the stain-removal activity by following steps 1-5 below. Steps 1-4 are 15 points
each. Successful completion of step 5 is worth 40 points.
Step 1: Gather the facts.
Review your fact sheet.
What care instructions are listed on the garment’s label?
Step 2: Investigate the evidence.
What is the fabric content?
What is the stain? Is it water-based or oil-based?
Step 3: Contamination clues. Consider the best treatment method.
Step 4: Cite your case.
Write down your treatment method:
Step 5: Bust the blotch. Remember to follow the safety and sanitation procedures:
1. Wear gloves when performing the stain-removal activity.
2. Stay in a well-ventilated area. Be careful not to inhale chemicals in solvents.
3. Do not mix various stain removal products. The mixture may release a potentially harmful gas.
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