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Clothing and Textiles

The document discusses topics related to clothing and textiles including definitions, careers, fibers, manufacturing processes, and fabric identification. It covers natural, artificial, and synthetic fibers. Teachers lead discussions and activities are suggested using various resources like videos, field trips, and fabric samples.

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Clothing and Textiles

The document discusses topics related to clothing and textiles including definitions, careers, fibers, manufacturing processes, and fabric identification. It covers natural, artificial, and synthetic fibers. Teachers lead discussions and activities are suggested using various resources like videos, field trips, and fabric samples.

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CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

1 INTRODUCTION TO Teacher: Defines clothing, textiles and discuss


CLOTHING AND TEXTILES the importance of clothing to man.
- Definition Resources: Charts
- Importance/functions of clothing

2 CAREERS IN CLOTHING AND Teacher: leads discussion on job opportunities.


TEXTILES
Resources: Charts
- Job Opportunities in clothing and
textiles e.g. tailoring, dress
designing, teaching etc.

3 CAREERS IN CLOTHING AND Teacher: Guides students to tabulate the


TEXTILES differences between formally trained and
roadside tailor or seamstress
- Differences between a formally
trained and roadside tailor or Resources: Field trip to a garment making
seamstress factory or shop.
- Field trip to a garment making
factory or shop.

4 TEXTILES Teacher: Explains the meaning of fibres and


fabric, their characteristics and differences.
- Meaning of fibre and fabric
Resources: Samples of different types of
- Types of fibre and their fabric.
characteristics e.g. staple, filament
etc
- Differences between fibre and
fabric.

5 ORIGIN OF FIBRES Teacher: Leads discussion on the origin of


natural fibres.
- Natural fibres
Resource: Chart
- Animal and vegetable fibres

6 ORIGIN OF FIBRE Teacher: Leads discussion on the origin of


man-made fibres.
- Artificial/synthetic/man-made fibre
- Term project – A fabric album Resource: Chart

7 MANUFACTURING AND Teacher: Discusses the manufacturing process


PROPERTIES OF FIBRES of cotton and its properties. Resources: Video
clips
- Manufacturing process and
properties/characteristics of cotton

8 MANUFACTURING AND Teacher: Discusses the manufacturing process


PROPERTIES OF FIBRE of linen and its properties. Resources: Video
clips
- Manufacturing process and
properties/characteristics of linen

9 MANUFACTURING AND Teacher: Discusses the manufacturing process


PROPERTIES OF FIBRE of silk and its properties. Resources: Video
clips
- Manufacturing process and
properties/characteristics of silk

10 MANUFACTURING AND Teacher: Discusses the manufacturing process


PROPERTIES OF FIBRE of silk and its properties. Resources: Video
clips
Manufacturing process and
properties/characteristics of wool

11 MANUFACTURING AND Teacher: Discusses the manufacturing process


PROPERTIES OF FIBRE of artificial fibres and their properties.
Manufacturing process and Resources: Field trip to a textile industry
properties/characteristics of artificial
fibres – rayon, nylon, polyester
(terylene) etc

12 TEST FOR FABRIC Teacher: Leads discussion and demonstrate the


IDENTIFICATION procedures for different tests for the
identification of different fabrics.
- Fabric identification – handling,
burning,/flame Resources: Samples of different types of
fabrics, matches etc.
- Chemical and microscopic test
(practical)

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