The True Cost of Cheap Clothes

Positives

• This video presents the problems within the fashion industry and includes some possible solutions.
• The website gives students the opportunity to learn more about fast fashion and sustainability through a linked podcast called Why It Matters.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students must be familiar with climate change, carbon emissions, and sustainable production.
  

Differentiation

• The teacher could ask students to watch this video and try to draw a concept map that includes the keywords from this video.
• Students can work with their classmates to try to come up with solutions that will transform the textile industry into a sustainable industry.
• Teachers can pause the video to check students' understanding and write the main ideas on the board to help them acquire the information.
  
• One of the galleries in this exhibition features provocative artwork on fast fashion. The artist's name is Guerra de la Paz.