Learning objectives
This lesson is designed for secondary school students in years 7 - 13, tasks can be adapted to suit different year groups. It's designed to be 60 minutes although it can be adapted.
Lesson objective: Understanding the options for careers in Craft, Fashion & Textiles
Aims:
- Understanding the role of a Costume Designer.
- Understanding of your own skill set, how and where you learn these skills and how they aid in your career.
Curriculum links:
This lesson plan links with various areas across the curriculum including literacy - reading, writing and communication for literacy, numeracy and ICT.
Gatsby benchmarks:
Benchmark 2 - Learning from career and labour market information.
Benchmark 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
Lesson planner, slides and accompanying worksheets
Click on the links to download the lesson plan, slideshow and worksheets for this lesson.
- Lesson planner: Focus on fashion and textiles (PDF, opens in a new window)
- Powerpoint slides: Focus on fashion and textiles (Opens in a new window)
- Activity worksheets (PDF, opens in a new window)
Please note, the Powerpoint slides include the following films that are embedded from Vimeo:
Additional resources
Watch the recording of our fashion and textile insight session, delivered with UKFT
Explore the Textile Skills Centre's website for further resources, including:
FREE RESOURCE: Careers in Fashion & Textiles 2023 - Textiles Skills Centre A free resource with lots of downloads that can be used in school as well as the link to the Textile Skills Centre’s YouTube with many more industry and student careers videos
FREE RESOURCE: Cross Curricular Learning - Textiles Skills Centre A free resource with lots of information and downloads on cross curricular links & lessons within Fashion & Textiles.
Explore the UKFT Futures website featuring advice and insight into careers in the fashion industry
About Textile Skills Centre
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