Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators

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cotton cultivation and sustainability


südwind agentur (die agentur für süd-nord-Bildungs - und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit gesmbh) Vienna, austria
http://www.suedwind-agentur.at [email protected]



  1. Level Pre-16

  2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators A. No background knowledge required

  3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students A. No background knowledge required

  4. Number of students Any number

  5. Length of time required 20 minutes

  6. Type of activity Group work, Image related, Interactive activities

  7. Discipline Cross-curricular, Design, Interactive

  8. Topics covered Agriculture, Big business, Environment, Health and safety,
    Textiles


oBjEctIVEs / lEarnIng outcoMEs
Contextual:



  • Becoming acquainted with the cultivation of cotton

  • Awareness of social and environmental issues related to cotton cultivation
    (environment, monocultures, working conditions)


Linguistic:



  • Understanding vocabulary

  • Being able to apply new vocabulary in a presentation


MatErIals proVIdEd:



dEsIraBlE MatErIals:



  • Clothes-pegs and clothes-line (alternatively you can pin or stick the photos up)

  • raw cotton


dEsIgn
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