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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria & Albert Museum: Introduction to 20th Century Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of clothing in the 1900's. Includes images, a discussion of prominent designers and the impact of cultural events upon fashion.
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victorian & Albert Museum: Introduction to 18th Century Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the trends that came to define men's and women's fashion in the 1700's. Includes images and a discussion of popular fabrics and women's hairstyles.
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Fashion & Design Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
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Fashion Institute of Technology: Museum: Collections (18Th Century to Present)

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth collection offers images and background information about fashions and accessories from the 1700's to the present day.
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Goethe-Institut

German Design and Fashion From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fashion Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore more fashion illustrations of the early 20th century in this online art gallery of lithographs. Includes the work of noted French illustrator George Barbier.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Tudor Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show features men's and women's Tudor fashion for the rich and the poor. The students are to study these and design an outfit to fit the person.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Terms and Materials: Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Art moves fashion designers to play with unusual forms and shapes, while fashion can encourage artists to think about qualities such as texture and create art that engages with the human body. Take a look through this glossary for terms...
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Econoclass

Econoclass: Economics of Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This classroom activity examines why being fashionable is expensive, and why clothing trends change quickly.
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Vintage Vixen: 20th Century Fashion History

For Students 9th - 10th
A descriptive history of female fashion in the twentieth century, decade-by-decade.
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BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Private Sector: Hair, Beauty and Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers skills that may be needed to work in hair, beauty and fashion.
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Other

Glamour Daze: A Short History of Women's Fashion 1900 to 1969

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of women's clothing and fashion spanning the years from 1900 through 1969.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli at this animated site from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Twenties Fashion: Ladies' Fashions of the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Women's fashions during the 1920s: less formal, legs shown, bobbed hair.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Louisa May Alcot an Old Fashioned Girl

For Students 9th - 10th
This full text of Louisa May Alcott's An Old Fashioned Girl tells the story of Polly, the old-fashioned girl, who rides to the city on a load of furniture in a farmer's cart. She goes to Boston where she wants to work as a music teacher...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Victorian Fashions in the Upper Ottawa Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
100 years of fashions, 1840-1940, are showcased in this collection of images. Included are close-up photographs that detail much of the intricate work produced during the Victorian Period.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Mass & Capacity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Penny the Penguin owns a fashion store. Let's find out what people wear at Antarctica. Uses popups.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Sharing & Division

For Students K - 1st Standards
Sarah's mum runs a fashion store. Join Sarah and play some fun math games in the clothing store.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us

For Students 9th - 10th
There's an old saying that "the clothes make the man" (or woman, we're quick to add nowadays). How true do you think this is? Here's a project with one approach for finding out.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Fashion Show

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, visit Istanbul, Turkey for the fashion show of Tekbir, a clothing line of conservative fashions for Muslim women. [2:54]
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Fashion in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
The attire donned by individuals during the Middle Ages were more than simple fashion statements. They were much more important statements of wealth and social hierarchy.
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Victoriana Magazine: 1920s Fashion & Vintage Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore 1920s fashion with advice on how to dress for a variety of social situations for both men and women.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Fashion for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview provides interesting facts about women's fashions, designers, dresses, and trends in clothing in the 1920s.
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Bata Shoe Museum: History of Western Footwear Fashions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of Western fashion from this online exhibition of footwear that traces the development of shoes from ancient times through the twentieth century.

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