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Coco Chanel

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/coco-chanel

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. When was Coco Chanel born?

  2. 2. When did Coco Chanel die?

  3. 3. Where was Coco Chanel born?

  4. 4. What is the career?

  5. 5. What made Coco Chanel's clothes different from what women wore before?

  6. 6. Why is the little black dress famous?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Milliner

  • Sartorial Norms

  • Aldehydes

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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