Garment Worker Profiles: Supply chain understanding through imagined garment worker profiles.

Much like adults, pupils often don’t understand how many people are connected to their clothes all along the supply chain. For a number of years I have taught pupils about the exploitation of garment workers but struggled to find innovative teaching methods to engage in meaningful dialogue. This activity opens up conversations and helps young people become responsible consumers of the future.

This activity aims to allow pupils to connect to those who make our clothes all around the world. It facilitates deep meaningful conversations about complex environmental and social problems all while utilising the fantastic imagination of children!

Following this activity I was able to open up dialogue about the differences and also the similarities between people all around the world. I was able to discuss complex issues and often quite harsh realities about how many people live throughout our global community, but in a way which was relatable to the young people.