Other
Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Design a Display
Students compare and contrast similar objects from different cultures using images from the Museum of Civilization. Interpreting and classifying the items will challenge students' higher order thinking skills.
Other
Glamour Daze: A Short History of Women's Fashion 1900 to 1969
A brief history of women's clothing and fashion spanning the years from 1900 through 1969.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: How Do Textiles Talk?
Interactive series of graphics, with samples of the Bayeux Tapestry and an adire cloth from Nigeria Explains how to look closely at the imagery, color, and patterns of textiles to undercover their hidden meanings and symbolic content.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: Adire Textiles
Illustrated, interactive explanation of how adire textiles, a Nigerian cultural tradition, are designed, created, and interpreted.
Other
Recycle Runway
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dress for Success
In this design activity, students investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and clothing. The students will design and analyze different combinations of materials for effectiveness in specific weather conditions....
Other
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: History of Costume
Digital scans of the illustrations from a nineteenth-century publication about historic costumes constitutes a pictorial survey of changing modes of dress from ancient times to the mid-1800s. Five hundred designs in all.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: Pattern and Textiles
Interactive explanation of a key design principle-pattern-with a built-in design-your-own pattern application for displaying designs on clothing or furniture.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: How Are Textiles Made?
Interactive exploration of textiles and cloth derived from plants, animals, and petrochemicals.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Sean Combs
With this resource, students can discover the story of rapper, record producer, clothing designer, and political activist, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, while viewing a photo and reading a biography.
Curated OER
Etc: Clip Art Etc: Man and Woman in Roman Clothing
An illustration of a man and woman standing in typical Roman clothing. Clothing in ancient Rome generally consisted of the toga, the stola, brooches for these, and breeches. The toga, a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a sash of...
Other
Design in Site: Pet
Nice overview of the applications of polyester beyond just bad clothing and some of the properties that make it useful.
Other
Mit:glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology
This extensive glossary explains the vocabulary relating to fashions of the 1700's. Includes links to visual examples.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Victorian Dress at the V&a
Learn about the fashions worn by the various social classes during the Victorian era. Includes information on popular styles and textiles, along with a collection of images.
Other
Fashion Institute of Technology: Museum: Collections (18Th Century to Present)
This in-depth collection offers images and background information about fashions and accessories from the 1700's to the present day.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Eighteenth Century European Dress
Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victorian & Albert Museum: Introduction to 18th Century Fashion
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.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Hearth/home Economics Education
Housed at the Mann Library, this resource contains a comprehensive set of books and journals in the field of Home Economics, many available online. Each subject area in the field has a descriptive essay plus a bibliography related to...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume Institute: Search the Collection
This vast collection of historical garments and jewelry contains an inventory of over 34,000 items. Includes images, dates and important facts about each piece.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What to Wear? What to Drink? Weather Patterns and Climatic R
How does our climate affect us? How do we decide what to wear each day? What factors determine if our clothing choices are comfortable? What is the source of our water? Learners explore characteristics that define climatic regions. They...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Kpelle Kinship
The Kpelle are the largest ethnic group in the West African nation of Liberia and a significant group in neighboring Guinea. They are arguably the most rural and conservative of the major Liberian peoples. The only significant kin group...
Savvas Learning
Hmong Embroidery Connections to Mathematics
This short lesson uses the art of Hmong "flower cloth" (paj ntaub) to help students learn about symmetry. Includes two suggested children's books you can use to learn more about Hmong culture.
Smithsonian Institution
The Fabric of Moroccan Life Urban Textiles and Costumes
For hundreds of years, Moroccan women have composed fine embroideries and rugs using intricate designs that have been passed down through generations. View these exquisite textiles with large detailed images.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries:industrial Drawings at the Smithsonian: Doodles & Drafts
Drawing is a key element in an inventor's skill set. When it comes to the working out of new ideas, inventors turn to pencil and paper. Mixing art and science, this exhibition site showcases a collection of industrial drawings that...