Standards-Based Lesson Plan
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Exploratory Course X Introduction Course
Concentration Course
Capstone Course
Home Economics Careers and Technology Subject Matter: ___Custom Apparel and Accessories_
Lesson Title and Duration
The Sewing Machine
Learner Outcomes /
Demonstrate proper use and car of the
Objectives (Write on the board so students and sewing machine.
visitors are aware of student learning outcome)
Standards (the California State Standards
addressed in this lesson)
California State Standards for Career Technical Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/sf/documents/ctestandards.pdf
Materials
Needed
FID – A10.9 Standard 19: Custom Apparel and
Accessories
Demonstrate how to construct, alter, and repair
fashion and interior items and
accessories through the use of basic
construction techniques and equipment.
19.2 Select appropriate fabric, materials, tools,
and equipment for the
construction of apparel. (FID – A10.9.2)
 Computer, LCD projector, document
camera
 Sewing machines/pedals
 Student Hand-out: machine diagram
and practice sheets
 Student text: lesson 11
Differentiated
Learning Needs
Anticipatory Set – activities that help focus
students on the lesson of the day (the “hook”)
Video clip: How a sewing machine works.
www.theatlantic.com
Students view short video on how a sewing
machine works.
Write 3 key ideas from video and share key
ideas.
Teaching the Lesson
1. Use document camera to identify
sewing machine parts and functions.
 Modeling – how will you demonstrate
Students write and label key part on
the skill or competency?
machine diagram.
2. Explain a general overview of how the
 Instructional Strategies – how will you
sewing machine works, pointing out the
deliver the lesson?
key parts involved.
3. Demonstrate how to set the stitch
 Check for Understanding – how will
settings. Students will set the stitch
you ensure the skill or competency is
selector, stitch length control and stitch
understood by the students?
width control and tension dial.
4. Demonstrate the key part of the
machine. Student will place their hands
on key parts, referring to their diagram
as needed. Have students move the
parts and describe what they do. For
Example: the hand wheel – instruct
student to move it toward them and
describe the other parts of the machine
they move.
Key parts:
1 Hand wheel 5 Feed dog
2 Take-up lever 6 Presser foot
3 Needle
7 Presser foot lever
4 Throat plate 8 Foot Control
5. Food Control – speed control. Have
students practice controlling the speed
of the machine and maintain an even
speed.
6. Remove and replace parts: needle,
presser foot, bobbin.
Differentiated
Learning Needs
Guided Practice /
Monitoring – an activity directly supervised by
the instructor that allows students to demonstrate
grasp of new learning. Instructor moves around
the room determining the level of mastery and
providing individual remediation as needed.
Students touch/move machine parts as you
call out parts. Observe correct hand
placement on machine.
Differentiated
Learning Needs
Closure – Statements or actions made by the
instructor that help students make sense out of
what has just been taught, to help form a coherent
picture, to eliminate confusion and frustration, and
to reinforce major points to be learned.
Work with a partner and
touch parts together
The sewing machine requires proper
operation, using a sequence of settings and
proper movement of parts.
Independent
Student use lined paper and paper sheets
Practice – a question or problem for students to with printed path to “sew”. Place sheet in
ponder on their own or in small groups or pairs.
machine, using proper parts to raise
The aim is to reinforce and extend the learning
needle, lower presser food and hand wheel.
beyond the lesson and ideally into real world
Sew “on the lines” using presser foot to
settings. This may be a homework assignment.
maintain even speed control.
Differentiated
Learning Needs
Summarize,
Evaluate & Reflect – after teaching the
lesson, ask students to reflect on their learning.
Instructors can also reflect on the lesson, its
success, and how it can be improved.
1. Create a “Top 10” list of 10 key machine
parts and their function.
2. Describe the importance of maintaining
even speed control when sewing.