Environmental awareness

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Environmental awareness

• Jeans the universal fabric
• Jeans the universal garment

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Learning objectives

• Understanding how a well know fabric affects the
  environment.
• Investigating the influence that Denim has had on
  Fashion and the environment.
• How we can contribute to saving our natural
  resources.

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Jeans the other side of Denim

• Based on an article by Rose Sinclair.
• The article was featured in Modus magazine
  05.2001. (a DATA publication)

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Starter activity

• How many manufactures of Jeans can you list?

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Manufacturers

• Original manufacturers
• Levis
• Wrangler
• Lee
• Bluebell
• Diesel

• New manufacturers
• Versace
• Donna Karan
• Paul Smith

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Denim is a fabric and style that is always in
fashion.

• What do we actually know about Denim?

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Read the articleand use the internet.

• Divide into 3 discussion/work groups
• Group A read and discuss Denim the universal
  fabric, jeans the universal garment.
• Group B read and discuss Jeans the fashion wear
• Group C read and discuss What happens to them
  after weve finished with them

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Group tasks

• Read the task sheet and decide who will do which
  research and how it will be done.
• Decide how you will present your findings and who
  will give the presentation to the rest of the
  class.

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Types of Research

• The article
• The internet
• Catalogues
• Textiles based text books

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Methods of presentation

• Power point
• Display boards
• Mind maps spider diagrams

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Group Presentations

• Group A Presentation on Denim the universal
  fabric, jeans the universal garment.
• Group B Presentation on Jeans fashion wear.
• Group C Presentation on What happens to them
  after weve finished with them