Dress

High school (ages 12+)
Everyday Life

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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/dress

Write what each word means, using the article.

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

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the early dress functionality?Primarily served as protection against environmental factors and physical harm
2. What is the key technological innovation in textiles?The development of weaving and spinning techniques enabled mass textile production
3. What is dress and why did people start wearing clothes?Dress is clothes people wear to stay safe from weather and danger, and later to show who they are and what group they belong to.
4. How did people make clothes in the past?They used natural materials like animal skins, bark, and leaves, then later invented sewing and weaving to make stronger, nicer clothes.

Textile Arts: The creation of fabrics and related items through processes like weaving, dyeing, and embroidery.
Non-verbal Communication: The transmission of messages or signals through a non-verbal platform such as eye contact, gestures, and body language.
Cultural Heritage: The legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society inherited from past generations.