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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 18: The global fashion industry

QCA

Links

The activities in this unit link with:

  • other geography units: unit 12 'Images of a country', unit 16 'What is development?', unit 24 'Passport to the world'
  • mathematics - calculating accurately, interpreting data, drawing conclusions, using correlation
  • ICT - using desktop-publishing, word-processing, graphing and audio-video presentation packages;
  • key skills - working with others, problem solving
  • citizenship/PSHE - global community, justice issues
  • personal development - economic and industrial understanding (EIU)
  • English - work on speech writing and delivery

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?