Sustainable fashion

Teacher notes

This lesson is ideally taught after the introductory lesson for this storyworld called **Emmaculate the photographer** as it assumes learners have viewed the film. It is suitable for KS3 and above, and explores the themes of Kenyan fashion and its influences, fast fashion and sustainability. If you would like to extend learning into work on African textiles, some school library services and museums have loan boxes of textiles and other resources from different African countries. Please note that fashions, traditions and fabrics differ across this hugely diverse continent. Examples you may like to explore include Adinkra prints or Kente weaving from Ghana and indigo dye seen across West Africa and tie-dye, which is now global! Please note our lesson plan, called **Fun fashion**, for KS2+ learners explores ways to tie-dye and upcycle old clothes. Another way to explore some of the continent's African textiles is to make a virtual visit to a museum, e.g. through the British Museum’s virtual Google tour. See: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/africa. **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Equality and Human Rights, Natural Environment, Professions and Entrepreneurship, Technology and Engineering. **Lyfta core skills and values:** Creativity & Innovation, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Environment & Sustainability, Feedback & Critique, Intercultural Competence, Organisation & Planning, Taking Initiative. **SDGs:** 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. KS3 DT: Textiles ▪ use research and exploration, such as the study of different cultures, to identify and understand user needs ▪ analyse the work of past and present professionals and others to develop and broaden their understanding ▪ understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists. KS3 Art and Design - Pupils should be taught about the history of art, craft, design and architecture, including periods, styles and major movements from ancient times up to the present day. **This lesson could also be extended into literacy (persuasive writing) if students organise and design own marketing materials for the clothes swap.** KS3 Geography • extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world’s countries using maps of the world to focus on countries within Africa, focusing on key human characteristics, countries and major cities (Nairobi) • understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of human and physical geography of a region within Africa (Kenya) • understand, through the use of detailed place-based exemplars at a variety of scales, the key processes in human geography relating to: population and urbanisation; economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors; and use of natural resources.