ND Curriculum Initiative

Subject & Standards

Family and Consumer science: 10. Textiles and Apparels. Computer Applications:

Needs Assessment/Rational

The purpose of this unit is to research a Fashion Designer, who is well know or outstanding in his or her field and analyze what is required to reach this level of success. About one half of the students that take the Fashion Merchandising class have dreams and aspirations of becoming a Fashion Designer. This unit will provide the students an opportunity to research a successful Fashion Designer. The student will be interpreting information given by other students in the class on their chosen Fashion Designer. The student will be able to analyze the education, creative artistic talent, perseverance, difficult work, long hours and dedication it takes a fledging fashion designer to become well known. This unit will also give the student an opportunity to use Power Point, one of the many marketing tools used in the Fashion Industry.

Understandings & Goals

Enduring Understanding: 1.  How to research specific and accurate information on a Fashion Designer.  2. How to design a Power Point presentation of the information gathered. 3.  How to insert illustrations from a internet website. 4. How to insert an illustration using a scanner. 5.  How to use Power Point in an oral presentation. 6. What progression it normally takes to become a Fashion Designer. ie: education, artistic ability, work in Fashion Houses.
Goal(s): 1. Find information and answer questions on a specific Fashion Designer. 2. Use the computer to research and compile information for this project. 3. Use Microsoft Word and Power Point to enhance their oral presentation.  4. Gain knowledge of the requirements and progression in becoming a Fashion Designer.

Questions Answered

Essential questions: 1.  What education does a Fashion Designer need?  2.  How creative and artistic does a person interested in being a Fashion Designer have to be?  3.  What do Fashion Houses require of their designers?  4.  How do fledging designers get noticed while working in Houses of Fashion Design?  5.  What does it take for a Fashion Designer to break away and go out on their own? 6.  Does it take much money for a Fashion Designer to go independent?
Objectives: 1. The student will be able to research a specific designer on the internet. 2. The student will be able to create a Power Point presentation to be used in an oral presentation. 3. The student will be able to organize illustrations from a web site and insert them into the Power Point; or 4. The student will be able to organize illustrations from magazines, or other sources, and scan them into the Power Point. 5. The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of a Fashion Designer with oral presentation to the class using Power Point. 6. The student will be able to demonstrate proper use of citations and bibliographies in the Power Point. 7. The student will be able to evaluate other student’s presentations using teacher generated rubrics. 8. The student will be able to distinguish skills needed to become a Fashion Designer.

Assessment

What quiz and test items (e.g. simple content-focused questions that require a single, best answer)will provide evidence of understanding?
1. A comprehensive test will be given at the end of this unit which will include information on the Fashion Designers, identifying what is required to become a Fashion Designer and other information that is added by the teacher. 2. The test will consist of multiple choice, True and False, and Short Answer.
What academic prompts(e.g. open-ended questions or problems that require students to think critically and then to prepare a response / product / performance) will provide evidence of understanding?
The students will design a Power Point and give an oral presentation answering the following questions:  1. What education does a Fashion Designer need?  2. How creative and artistic does a person interested in being a Fashion Designer have to be?  3. What do Fashion Houses require of their designers?  4. How do fledging designers get noticed while working in Houses of Fashion Design?  5. What does it take for a Fashion Designer to break away and go out on their own? 6.  Does it take much money for a Fashion Designer to go independent?
What performance tasks and projects (e.g. complex challenges that are authentic, mirror the real world and require a performance or product)will you include that will provide evidence of student understanding?
The student will research, design and present a Power Point presentation orally in class. This is similar to presentations that Fashion Designers have to give when working for a Fashion House.
What other evidence (e.g. observations, work samples, dialogues, student self-assessment)of understanding will you collect?
1. The teacher will observe her students work habits, use of time and staying on task as part of the overall grade while using the computer.  2. The students will make a hard copy of their final Power Point presentation to turn in for a grade, to check for spelling errors.  3. Students will evaluate each others Power Point presentation to give feedback to the presenter.

Instructional Strategies

The students will use part of the inquiry-based and the project-based learning with this unit. This unit has the students researching and collecting information on a specific Fashion Designer, from a teacher, generated list. These Designers were chosen for their success in the Fashion Industry and the availability of information for this project. The students will have a set of questions that will need to be answered in their research and presented in their oral Power Point presentation. They will be graded on the Power Point and the oral presentation that goes along with it using a teacher, generated rubrics. Such items as planning, organization, arrangement of information, and creativity will be included in the rubrics. The students will also need to demonstrate the proper form of citing internet and other print sources. The student will submit both a hard copy and a copy of the Power Point on a disc to the teacher, as part of the assignment.