1: INQUIRE & INVESTIGATE

UNDERSTANDING CLOTHING CARE

Why is clothing care important? What resources do people have to help them care for their textile items?

Gather some clothes and look at the tags of some clothing of members of your household—are there washing/care instructions? Might there be occasions where laundry/care symbols aren’t on an item of clothing?

What is the purpose of using symbols for laundry instead of words? Which might you prefer—symbols or words? 

ACTIVITY

 

In the first section of this module, you will be investigating symbols that are used around the world to identify methods for clothing and textile care.

  1. Open the materials for this week. On the document, you will see spaces for you to respond and show your work for this part.

  2. Navigate to the resources for this part. Scroll down to “RESOURCES” below and read the article from Industry Canada.

  3. In your workbook, draw a care label (using the Draw function) for each of the following using as many symbols as necessary:

    Machine wash warm, only non-chlorine bleach when needed,
    tumble dry medium heat, warm iron if needed

     

    Hand wash cold, do not use bleach, lay flat to dry, warm iron if needed,

     

    Dry clean only

  4. Assess your learning for this part by completing the single rubric at the end of the workbook.

RESOURCES

Tip: Before you being reading the webpage below, familiarize yourself with the activity above and open up the materials for this section to preview what the task will be for this section.