Year 10 Textiles Technology 2023
Assessment Task 1 ‘Thrift Shift’
Sustainable and Ethical Design
Notification Date Term 1 Week 3 15/02/23
Due Date Term 1 Week 6 Friday 10/03/23 Period 5
Submission via Compass
Time Allocated 3 week
Total Marks 25
Weighting 25 %
Outcomes Assessed
TEX5-3 explains the creative process of design used in the work of textile designers
TEX5-7 evaluates the impact of textiles production and use on the individual consumer and society
TASK BACKGROUND
As part of the unit “Thrift Shift”, you will learn about how textile items can be redesigned and upcycled. The fast fashion
industry has had detrimental impacts on our environment with the textiles industry being the second largest contributor
to the pollution, next to oil. As textile designers we need to learn to work sustainably. Part of this process requires
designers to learn how to work with existing textile items and transform them.
TASK REQUIREMENTS
The Green Hub is one of Australia’s most popular resources for promoting how to live more sustainably. It reaches tens
of thousands of women to share brands, tips, and guides to help empower them to make lifestyle choices that are kinder
to people and the planet. The founder Kira! Environmentalist – Educator – Content Creator – Sustainable Living Advocate
wishes to extend the hub to share stories about sustainable textile and fashion designers and to encourage design
practices that promote slow fashion and slow production.
Create a mock blog post suitable for The Green Hub. The post must introduce readers to a fashion or textile designer
whose core business is sustainable and ethical design. The preference is for an Australian designer.
In the post:
● Identify the designer using visuals and text
● Describe the nature of their work emphasising the sustainable or ethical practices used
● Explain the effect of the designers' creative, sustainable processes and practices
● Evaluate how the designers' practices and products impact individual consumers and society in general.
● Justify the sustainable and ethical approach to sourcing, manufacturing and designing clothes and the move
from fast and disposable to slow and informed practices.
Complete your mock blog post as a Google doc, canva document or as part of a google site. Regardless of the basis for
the mock blog, the research must be structured as a blog and written as a narrative. Your blog must be informative,
engaging to read and use a variety of media to support your documentation. Include a bibliography to reference your
source material.
Blog formatting tips
● Determine a catchy blog title to capture readers’ attention and quickly communicate the information you wish
to present
● Select fonts and colour palette to form the foundation of the blog
● Create headers and subheaders to organise your content and break down your article into readable sections
● Consider the balance of written and visual elements (graphics, illustrations, flow charts, self made videos etc) to
engage readers and present an easy-to-read, article format.
7 Blog Formatting Tips to Better Engage Your Readers Using Google docs to mimic a blog
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Submission Requirements
Upload a PDF of the mock blog to compass using the following name conventions Last Name, First Name, Year, Subject, Project
Example:Smith Jane 10TEX Sustainable and Ethical Design pdf.
Year 10 Textiles Technology 2023
Assessment Task 1
Marking Criteria and Feedback
Name: Class: Year 10 Textiles Technology
OUTCOMES
TEX5-3 explains the creative process of design used in the work of textile designers
Experiments with a relevant textile practices/technique inspired through research that promotes sustainable and/or
Extension
ethical design
❏ Introduces the designer using relevant visuals and text to reflect sustainable and ethical design principles
❏ Describes effectively as part of the mock blog the nature of the designers work emphasising the sustainable
A and/or ethical practices used
13-15 ❏ Explains through the use of cause and effect language and images the impact of the designers' creative and
sustainable processes and practices
❏ Introduces the designer using relevant visuals and text to reflect design practices
❏ Describes effectively the nature of the designers work emphasising the sustainable and/or ethical practices
B used
10-12 ❏ Explains through some cause and effect language the impact of the designers' creative and sustainable
processes and practices
❏ Identifies the designer using some relevant visuals and text
C ❏ Outlines as part of the mock blog the nature of the designers work
7-9 ❏ Discusses the positives and negatives of the designers' creative and sustainable design and production
processes and practices in a visual and informative way
D ❏ Identifies the designer and the work they do in a mock blog post
4-6 ❏ Describes some creative and sustainable design and production processes and practices of the designer
E ❏ Identifies the designer using visual and written information
1-3 ❏ Provided some relevant information about sustainable or ethical design practice
PART B: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
TEX5-7 evaluates the impact of textiles production and use on the individual consumer and society
❏ Evaluates by making a valued judgement on how the designers' practices and products impact both the
A individual consumer and society.
9-10 ❏ Justifies through clear reasoning the sustainable and ethical approach to sourcing, manufacturing and designing
clothes and the move from fast and disposable to slow and informed practices.
❏ Evaluates by making a judgement on how the designers' practices and products impact the individual consumer
B and/or society.
7-8 ❏ Justifies with some reasoning the sustainable and ethical approach to sourcing, manufacturing and designing
clothes and the move from fast and disposable to slow and informed practices.
C ❏ Describes how the designers' practices and products impact the individual consumer and/or society.
5-6 ❏ Discusses the positive and negatives of sustainable and ethical fashion/textile design
D ❏ Outlines how the designers' practices and products impact the individual consumer and/or society.
3-4 ❏ Describes a positive and negative of sustainable and ethical fashion/textile design
E ❏ Presents some relevant information on the impact of unsustainable textile/fashion practices
1-2
Final Total /25
