Geography of our clothing
Geography of Our Clothing Activity
Directions: You will be placed in a small group to visit each station with. All group members must actively participate in discussion and completion of work. You will have 15-20 minutes at each station.
Station 1: ‘Clotheslined’
Directions: Read the article called “Clotheslined” as a group. Each person should take turns reading. Once finished, discuss and answer the response questions below:
- What countries are listed in this article? (list all)
- What is a “T-shirt phase”? What countries have experienced this?
- In your option, what are the three most important facts from this article?
Station 2: Mapping Our Clothing
Part 1: Using your ‘Geography of Your Clothing’ assignment, follow the steps below to put your clothes on the map.
- Go to www.zeemaps.com
- Scroll down to the ‘search for..’ bar. Enter the name of our class map (written on the board) into this section. It should bring you to our class clothing map.
- To add your own markers, go to the ‘Additions’ tab and click on ‘Add Marker - Simple’
- For the ‘Entry Name’, type in the brand of clothing (ex: Nike, Old Navy, etc.) that you are going to locate.
- For the ‘Location’, type the name of the country that this clothing was made in.
- For the ‘Description’, put your name.
- For the ‘Marker’, put the following:
- If you are entering a shirt, use a red marker
- If you are entering pants, use a blue marker
- If you are entering shoes, use a yellow marker
- If you are entering another type of clothing, use a green marker
- Repeat steps 1-7 for each of your 5 clothing items.
Part 2: Using google search, your task is to look up these common clothing brands and in the space write where their clothing factories are located.
Station 3: ‘Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt’
Directions: Next, we’re going on a journey of a tshirt. Go to http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title to start this journey. Your task is to draw a storyboard showing how a t-shirt gets made. There are five chapters, so two boxes per chapter to draw the story.
Storyboard: Draw your sketches in the boxes below. Don’t forget to add arrows to connect your story!