Teacher Galleries: Fashion & the Industrial Revolution

During their World Industrialization unit, 9th grade students from the Grand Rapids Public Museum School analyzed and researched a clothing item (artifact) from the GRPM collections. They worked to determine the natural resources, people, and processes involved in creating that piece of clothing, and connected it to innovations from the Industrial Revolution. They also explored the environmental and social consequences of the clothing industry.

Essential Question(s): 
--Was the Industrial Revolution worth the human cost?
--Progress, who is it good for?

Materials:
Project Criteria and Rubric
Student Worksheet - Artifact Analysis
Template for Student Research Presentation
Exemplar for Student Research Presentation