Fashion Throughout the 20th Century

Hello Year 1,

This is going to be your Project for Unit 2 and it's all about fashion. We are going to learn how people dressed in different decades (from 50s to 90s). Here you can find links to websites and videos that will help you find information about your decade. 

PORTFOLIO (one per person)

• typical look (male and female) - print it, label it and explain all the pieces of clothes they wear. Find a videoclip of the groups/singers that represents the typical look of your decade.
• typical hairstyle - explain (add photo)
• accessories/make-up (sunglasses, handbags, jewelry, scarves, make-up styles etc) - chose two/three, print it, label it and explain
• history of a piece of clothes - Chose one piece of clothes that is typical for your decade and find the following information:
• When was it used for the first time? Who invented it? Why was it invented? Who wore it originally?

GENERAL LINKS:

http://www.fashion-era.com/index.htm
https://www.slideshare.net/estherlarson/fashion-history
http://www.slice.ca/fashion/photos/history-of-fashion-most-important-style-moments-20th-century/#!1894e46a8450a2eef48688928fbb6bf1

50s - Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_lJ_Uu6I_0&t=1947s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PJLeMRF-U
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCpX-bK8iU

60s - The Beatles, Aretha Franklin

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8d13xmIh5s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHDmrwzUOwo

70s - ABBA, Bee Gees

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA7bvNMGhLM&t=2675s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh2VmwiopXs
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DLawHfGVgk

80s - Madonna, The Cure

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rpXjHe6dRw
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMS_U1WtE0
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbjNfCV-lY

90s - Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPcTZScYmk
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvHBv8306ak

Halloween is coming...

Vocabulary Unit 1

wardrobe - a large cupboard for keeping clothes in 
trendy - fashionable at the moment
factory - a building where large amounts of products are made
customer -  a person that buys things from a shop 
clothing manufacturer - a company that manufactures clothes
fashion industry - all the companies involved in fashion production 

Irregular Verbs

Female Writers' Day

Let's do some research:

What does the word "anonymous" mean?

What do you think this sentence means?

Who is Virginia Woolf?

As you know, these books have been written by female writers:

 




Let's find out about these two women:

            







When and where were they born?
Name their most important novel and find some information about the plot.

1ºC - 17th October

Hi 1ºC,


Unfortunately I'm still unwell, so you have to work on your own today.

Please, do this handout in your notebook, copying all the sentences, not only the answers.

We will correct it once I'm back, which I hope will be on Wednesday.


 Have a nice day, Alexandra

IMPORTANT DATES 1A and 1B

As discussed in class, here are some important dates for you to remember: 

 Tuesday 10th October 2017 Unit 1 (Animals and Us) Test. 

Thursday 19th October 2017 Project paper and group presentation.