Curriculum Links

The following categories include teacher resources (including lesson plans), organizations, and content sites related to each subject area.

Website of the Month : June, 2008

http://www.fashion-era.com/

Fashion-Era.com has over 690 free content rich pages devoted to fashion trends, costume and fashion history. It was created by Pauline Weston Thomas, an honours Dress, Textiles and Design graduate and British qualified teacher since the 1970s, and her husband Guy Thomas who helped to design and build the website.  The site is arranged by era and it analyses the mood of each, considering how changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values, homelife and politics have all contributed to lifestyle trends which influence the clothes women in particular choose to wear.  The site also outlines the history of Jewelry, Perfumes, Cosmetics, Corsetry and Underwear, and manipulation of the body silhouette.  There are suggestions for  British museums to visit, paintings to view and contemporary books to read.  Teachers can download and duplicate costume silhouettes and outlines for school use in history and craft lessons.  This will be a great resource for students looking for details about styles and clothing, historical research projects, drama and theater classes seeking information for period dress and costume.

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