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YEAR 10 HOME ECONOMICS
UNIT 1 TEXTILES
UNIT:
Sustainable Fashion
UNIT OVERVIEW:
The textile industry has made enormous advances in the past 100 years; fibres, fabrics, products
and processes have continuously been developed, evaluated and improved. While these changes have improved our quality of
life, they have come at a cost to the environment and to the social fabric of some communities. Globally, non-renewable
resources are being depleted while at the same time, air and water pollution are creating ecological disasters. Workers in the
textile industry world-wide are some of the poorest paid and they work in some of the worst conditions. Students will identify
the environmental and social problems associated with the textile and clothing industries and strategies that have been
implemented to overcome these problems and synthesise a written piece of work. Students will use the design process to create
a textile article such as a bag using recycled fabric eg. Denim jeans.
ASSESSMENT: Design project using recycled textiles and Research Assignment
UNIT DETAILS:
No
1
Learning Goal
Define textiles and sustainability.
Success Criteria
(I Know I’ve got it when I can …)
List items made from textiles.
Identify the source of fibres as natural or synthetic.
Explain the term sustainability in relation to textiles.
Summarise the main environmental and social problems
related to the textile industry.
2
Discuss the sustainability of the clothing industry.
Contrast renewable and non-renewable textile sources.
Identify the characteristics of sustainable clothing
products.
Compare traditional clothing production methods with
modern industrialized methods.
Describe the process of upcycling and give examples of
how upcycling can be achieved in the textile and
clothing industry.
3
Analyse the assignment brief and use the Design
Process to make a new article from a used textile item.
Apply the Design Process to plan the assignment.
Justify the article in terms of how it meets the design
criteria.
Create a simple textile article to meet the design brief.
Evaluate how successful the outcome of the assignment
was.
4
Apply knowledge of sewing machine and other
equipment to synthesise simple textile article.
Select and use appropriate textile equipment for a task.
Thread and operate the sewing machine ( straight,
zigzag, reverse and cornering) to complete simple textile
article.
Sew seams and other such as fastenings
5
Investigate why the textile and clothing industry should
embrace up-cycling and become more eco-friendly”.
Write an essay outlining why the textiles/ fashion
industry should embrace the concept of “up cycling”
and become more eco-friendly.