ACTIVITY

Traditional clothing comparison map

The students work in small groups to research traditional clothing and footwear from different cultures. They create simple drawings and place them on a world map to show each item’s origin.

The intention is to help students explore cultural diversity, understand the meaning and materials behind traditional clothing, and visually connect global traditions through collaborative research.

1

Divide students in groups (3 – 5) using the Random Groups method.

2

Each group gets a list of 3 traditional clothes (and shoes) for different ethnic/culture group.

3

For every example they need to research how it looks, from which materials are they made of, what is their meaning.

4

For each example they make a simple drawing.

5

They put each drawing on one big map according to where’s it from.

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THEME:
Textile & fashion
TIME: 45 min
AGE: 13-15 years

SUBJECTS:

  • Social studies
  • Mother tongue
  • Arts

TOOLS / MATERIALS:

  • Cards with pictures of traditional clothes (and shoes) from different ethnic/cultural groups
  • A big printed world map
  • 3 blank papers for each group
  • Crayons/markers

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