Lesson Planning
Become a magazine journalist and discover the geography behind fiesta costumes and the decorations used to help celebrate Mexican fiestas - create a class ‘special edition’. Be inspired by the fabrics, dyes and decorations used in fiesta costumes, to design and create your own.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To learn about regional fiesta costume design.
- To create a series of costume design sketches.
- To design and make fiesta costumes and decoration.
Children will:
- Become magazine journalists and find out about fiesta costumes and decorations, identifying the human geography behind them.
- Sketch motifs and features of fiesta costumes and decorations for a ‘special edition’ fiesta costumes magazine.
- Design and create fiesta costumes and decorations.