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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 18: The global fashion industry

QCA

Language for learning

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

  • international trade and development, eg globalisation, development, trade, production, consumption, corporation, transnational corporation (TNC), gross domestic product (GDP), human development index (HDI), socio-economic indicators, export, import, interdependence, MEDC, LEDC, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organisation (WTO), United Nations, balance of trade
  • manufacturing, eg technology, resources, supply and demand, negotiation, competition, perception

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils could:

  • ask different sorts of questions, to extend their thinking and refine ideas

Reading - through the activities pupils could:

  • recognise the author's viewpoint and how it affects meaning

Writing - through the activities pupils could:

  • write closely argued text where precise links and connections are made within sentences

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. What is meant by the global fashion industry?
2. How does the fashion industry connect people around the globe?
3. How does world trade work? How does this affect the countries involved? How have trade patterns changed?
4. What do we mean by 'globalisation'?
5. How does globalisation affect the fashion industry?
6. How does globalisation affect people at a local level? What happens if the chain is broken?
7. Who are the winners and losers in the globalisation process? Is this fair?
8. What might the future be like?