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Resource Overview
Guide your students through a variety of historical, cultural and contemporary sources of inspiration used by textiles designers.
Increase student creativity by demonstrating the realm of influence and inspiration to your students.
Includes:
• 9-slide PowerPoint presentation with embedded video examples
• 8-page Textiles student worksheet
• Teacher suggested answersUse this resource to assist in covering key content areas from within Textiles.
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Curriculum
- Australian
- New South Wales
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Design and Technologies > Year 9, Year 10 > Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding
ACTDEK040
Critically analyse factors, including social, ethical and sustainability considerations, that impact on designed solutions for global preferred futures and the complex design and production processes involved
Elaboration
- considering the factors that influence design and professional designers and technologists, including time, access to skills, knowledge, finance, expertise, for example Australian designers working with rapid prototyping manufacturers in China
- critiquing mass production systems taking into account ethics and sustainability considerations, for example the mass production of food, clothing and shoes and why manufacturers produce different versions of the same product
- evaluating design and technology professions and their contributions to society locally, nationally, regionally and globally, for example Aboriginal designers collaborating with international craftspeople for local enterprises
- explaining how product life cycle thinking can influence decision-making related to design and technologies, for example rethinking products to provide for re-use, selecting a material for a product that has a lower carbon footprint
- recognising the impact of past designed solutions and possible decisions when creating preferred futures, for example the design of public transport systems that use renewable energy and the design of rural communities to reduce fire risk
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Textiles and Design Stage 6 > Year 12 > Australian Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Allied Industries
H6.1
analyses the influence of historical, cultural and contemporary developments of textiles.
Elaboration
Relevant to:
NSW Year 9 and 10 Textiles Technology
- investigate historical, cultural and contemporary sources of inspiration used by textiles designers, for example: (ACTDEK040)
- cultural traditions represented by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers in hand-printed fabrics
- Japanese culture represented in shibori
- historical silhouettes represented in contemporary fashions
- environmental and sustainable influences on contemporary design
- explore historical, cultural and/or contemporary sources of inspiration used by textile designers, for example:
– Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge represented in hand-printed fabrics
– mapping stories and histories on possum skin cloaks
– Japanese culture represented in shibori
NSW Year 11 and 12 Textiles and Design
Area of Study: Design
H6.1 analyses the influence of historical, cultural and contemporary developments on textiles
- analyse significant cultural/ historical and contemporary influences
- communicate the justification of creative and/or innovative design
QLD QCAA Fashion Applied Senior Syllabus 2019:
Core topic 1: Fashion culture
Content: Fashion history and trends
- historical trends and cultural differences in fashion the depth of
investigation depends on the fashion context and design challenge being undertaken, e.g. in a design challenge with an adornment (accessory) context asking students to create a range of men’s ties, the history of the tie could be explored - different influences on fashion including culture, history, function (e.g. occasion, employment or recreation requirements), economic considerations, personal taste, peer group, availability and trends
WA Materials Design and Technology
Content: Design
Design Fundamentals and Skills
historical, social and cultural sources of design inspiration
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Reviews
Catherine Woods
09/12/2020This looks colourful, current and engaging for students.
Textiles Historical, Cultural & Contemporary Inspiration
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This resource pack includes a total of 25 A4 coloured and laminated posters, which display; the five focus areas apparel, non- apparel, costume, textile arts and furnishings 20 contemporary textile designers matching the 5 focus areas and a student worksheet.
Pack includes:
- 20 x contemporary textile designer posters
- 5 x textile five focus areas posters
- Student activity worksheet
The poster format of these focus areas and contemporary textile designers is broken down into a clear, simple and visual structure increasing literacy skills and learning in the classroom.
20 Contemporary Textile Designers included:
- Ann Hould-Ward
- Behnaz Farahi
- Bonnie and Neil
- Christian Dior
- Colleen Atwood
- Zsofi Levai
- Donna Karan
- Izziyana Suhami
- Julie Taymor
- Karl Largerfeld
- Kate Spade
- Lyn-Al Young
- Marc Jacobs
- Nicholas Ghesquiere
- Penny and Bennett
- Riccardo Tisci
- Spell and the Gypsy
- Susan Hilferty
- Vivienne Westwood
- Lauren Bowker
Textile five focus areas posters.
These posters are A4 colour printed and laminated, displaying both text and visual cues to guide students in their understanding of the different focus areas and include:
- Apparel
- Non-apparel
- Costume
- Furnishings
- Textile Arts
Additional suggestions for use in the classroom are included in this pack and linked directly to the following syllabus dot points.
Stage 5 Dot Point Students learn to:
- textile designers across the focus areas
Stage 5 Dot Points students learn about:
- identify textile designers in selected focus areas
- explore textile applications across the focus areas
HSC Dot Point Students learn to:
Contemporary designers
- sources of inspiration for designers
- factors that determine the success or failure of designers:
– external factors, including economic, political, social, ecological and technological
– internal factors, including expertise, facilities and financial
– trends in society that influence:
– apparel designers
– interior designers
– costume designers
– textile art designers
non-apparel designers
HSC Dot Point Students learn about:
- undertake an investigation of at least ONE contemporary designer, analysing the influences that:
– the designer has on trends, and/or
– trends have on the designer.
Suggestions for use for stage 5 include displaying the textile designer and focus area posters around the classroom. The teacher is to explicitly explain each focus area, it’s definition and items it could include e.g. Textile Arts is defined as any art of craft that uses plant, animal or synthetic fibres to construct practical or decorative objects this includes wall hangings, fabric-based artworks, embroidery and wearable design.
Students then use the included worksheet and ‘scavenger hunt’ around the room identifying which focus area each textile designer is categorised as based on the five focus areas. Included in the worksheet is space for students to conduct their own research finding one other designer (not listed on the posters) that fits into each focus area category.
Suggestions for stage 6 include displaying the contemporary textile designer and focus area posters around the classroom aiding as inspiration towards the students Major Textiles Project. Additionally, these posters could act as a platform for investigation of at least ONE contemporary designer, whereby students investigate the influence the designer has on trends, and/or trends have on the designer.
These 25 eye-catching literacy posters bring a strong visual element to your classroom – perfect for building solid literacy foundations.
Featuring 19 Key Terms and 6 Super Strategies, this colourful set of learning prompts are clear, simple and easy to digest.
Product benefits:
- Fill your classroom with key terms and strategies that encourage students to think independently and confidently to build their literacy skills. Use as prompts to engage students individually or as a class, aligned with your planned learning outcomes.
- With 25 posters, rotate them through the school terms – you’ll avoid poster fatigue for lazy eyes.
- Poster prompts are also support tools that reduce demand on teachers – to scaffold students through higher order thinking.
- It’s no wonder this pack is one of our best sellers. We recommend schools equip each classroom with a set, so individual teachers can maximise their planned curriculum delivery.
Product Key Features:
Pack contains A4 laminated posters, each featuring one single key term or strategy:
- 19 x Key Term A4 Laminated Posters
- Explain
- Analyse
- Describe
- Evaluate
- Discuss
- Investigate
- Justify
- Identify
- Assess
- Propose
- Define
- Compare
- Recommend
- Outline
- Demonstrate
- Apply
- Account
- Interpret
- Examine
- 6 x Super Six A4 Laminated Posters
- Predict
- Connect
- Question
- Summarise
- Monitor
- Visualise
Students are visual learners. We give teachers tools to engage their students, helping them create a positive environment for happy learners.
Resource Type: Literacy Physical Poster Pack
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Fantastic pack to start 2021! Get your school year off on the right track with this General Capabilities and Icebreaker Activity Pack.
All activities are mapped to the Quality Teaching Framework, NESA Glossary of Key Terms and The Australian Curriculum General Capabilities.
Pack includes:
- 40 formative assessment slips (one for each week of school)
- Human Bingo icebreaker
- 84 Share bear cards
40 Formative Assessment Slips
Engage your students in quick and easy formative assessment of learning and for learning. Designed to get their neurons firing, or check for understanding whilst meeting the general capabilities. The general capabilities as outlined by the Australian curriculum ‘encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that will assist students to live and work successfully in the 21st century’.
Additionally, all the glossary keywords as outlined by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) have been implemented throughout this activity pack in the aim to familiarise and engage students with these terms. Furthermore, this pack is closely aligned to the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy for Teaching, Learning and Assessment (2001) which explores the verbs describing the cognitive processes by which thinkers (students) encounter and work with knowledge’.
Human Bingo Icebreaker
This hands-on fun activity is aimed at breaking the ice in the classroom to allow students to familiarise themselves with fellow class members.
Students, using the worksheet are to find a different class member through verbal conversation for each statement such as ‘Has a dog’, ‘Wears glasses’, ‘Has a sibling at this school’ etc. The student to first find a class member for each statement is the winner.
Share BearÂ
This hands-on communication activity is aimed at breaking the ice in the classroom through active communication skills both verbal and non-verbal it involves students selecting a card and asking a number of class members the response to the question on the card, this involves students both listening and contributing to the conversation.
ZIP File Type: PDF (Acrobat) Document File
Resource Type: Activities
This resource pack is aimed at exploring how people in technology-related professions contribute to society now and into the future within Digital Technologies.
The poster format of these terms is broken down into a clear, simple, and visual structure to increase literacy and learning in the classroom.
 Pack include:
- 9-page student activity with marking criteria
- 20 x A4 posters (physical pack laminated)
- Peter Thiel (PayPal)
- Shuntaro Furukawa (Nintendo)
- Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Boring Company)
- Steve Jobs (Apple, Pixar)
- Rohit Prasad (Amazon Alexa)
- Sundar Pichai (Google)
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
- Mark Zuckerberg (FaceBook)
- Evan Spigel (Snapchat)
- Reed Hastings (Netflix)
- Tim Cook (Apple)
- Ginni Rometty (IBM)
- Jack Dorsey (Twitter)
- Daniel Ek (Spotify)
- John Kodera (Sony)
- Devin Wenig (Ebay)
- Susan Wojicki (YouTube)
- Satya Nadella (Microsoft)
- Marissa Mayer (Yahoo)
After students are initially introduced to these leading professionals, they will then have the opportunity to complete the outcome-based task where they are presented with a number of facts exploring technology and society.
Students are asked to discuss their initial thoughts in regard to the impact of technology of society. Students then conduct further research into their chosen professional exploring the company they currently work for and their most prominent work. Using the explain scaffold students explore the cause or purpose of their chosen professionals work and the effect their work has on society.
The last activity is offered to stretch students critical and creative thinking where they consider the current impact of the work on society and how they think the professionals work will contribute to society into the future. A marking criteria is also included to provide feedback to students.
ZIP File Type: PDF (Acrobat) Document File and Word Document for task sheet only
ZIP Downloadable File Size: 7.6MB | 29 pages
Resource Type:Â Outcome Task, Activity
*Â Disclaimer: If you have attended or are enrolled in Technology Mandatory – Digital Technologies – The Amazing Game, the 2-page activity sheet in this resource is included in your course resource pack..
Copyright information:
Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional pack.
Please be aware that any company content, resources and materials purchased from Teacher Professional Development is permitted to one (1) user licence.
Teacher Professional Development own and maintain the intellectual property rights to their Resources and grant licenses to use such Resources and materials. When you purchase a Resource from TPD, you are also purchasing a license to use the Resource in accordance with the terms of this Resource Licensing Policy.
All other uses are prohibited without written consent. It is in violation of the Copyright Act to share, reproduce, redistribute, sell, broadcast, rent, share, lend, modify, adapt, edit, create derivative works of, license, or otherwise transfer or use any company course content unless we give you explicit permission to do so. Company course content is licenced, and not sold, to you. Instructors may not grant you licence rights to content you access or acquire through the services, and any such direct licence shall be null and void and a violation of these Terms. You may not post or otherwise make any TPD Resource available on any website, forum or other medium.
This resource pack includes 14 laminated, colour posters, aimed at breaking down the elements and principles of design.
This set of classroom posters will brighten up any space.
Specifically related to Design and Technology, Textiles, Graphic Design and Art these posters will assist you to teach students about the Elements and Principles of Design.
Pack includes:
- 14 a4 colour laminated posters
- Balance
- Colour
- Contrast
- Direction
- Emphasis
- Line
- Harmony
- Proportion
- Rhythm
- Shape
- Size
- Unity
- Value
- Texture
Relevant to:
TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY YEARS 7–10 SYLLABUS (2003)
- investigate the elements of design, for example:
- line, direction, shape, size, colour, value and texture
- describe how the elements of design have been used by textile designers
TEXTILES AND DESIGN STAGE 6 SYLLABUS (2013)
P1.1 describes the elements and principles of design and uses them in a variety of applications
ACARA Syllabus Links
Design and Technologies
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- Generate, develop, test and communicate design ideas, plans and processes for various audiences using appropriate technical terms and technologies including graphical representation techniques (ACTDEP036)
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