Disney Princesses: The Real Fashion Story- Summer Camp

Discover the real history behind the stories and fashions of 12 Disney Princesses in this history/fashion design hybrid survey course! This class meets 3x a week for a month of fun summer learning.

476 total reviews for this teacher

7 reviews for this class

Completed by 17 learners

60 minutes

per class

3x per week

over 4 weeks

9-14

year olds

3-10

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Available Times

Pacific Time

Mon Jul 11

Jul 11 - Aug 3 (4 weeks)

Mo, Tu, We
7:30pm - 8:30pm

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Description

Class Experience

The Disney Princesses take place in a place far, far away, in a time long, long ago... yet, Disney leaves us many clues as to where and when these stories actually take place. The problem is... Disney does a very poor job of showing us the clothes of those places, never mind all of the other fun details that make up historical stories! 
This course is 70% social studies and 30% fashion design. We will be delving into historical times and places that coordinate with the clues we can find (and...

Students will develop historical analysis skills in "reading a dress"
Students will trace the changes in royal/powerful females throughout time and space.
Students will design a historically accurate look for each Disney Princess.

I have been teaching history through Disney Princesses for 5 years, and it's basically one of many ways you can decide to organize a survey history course. It's exciting to look at the types of people that many history classes don't look at: women.

Students will design a historically accurate look for each Disney Princess.

  1 file available upon enrollmentPaper
Any type of art supplies student like to use
A pencil

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

3 hours per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Students will be given a croquis to draw on, which is a nude female form.

Teacher

Melissa Quijano

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Social studies with a twist

476 total reviews

328 completed classes

About Me

Hi! My name is Melissa Quijano (she/her) and I teach classes focused on history and fashion. I believe that you can learn about history from a variety of lenses and vantage points, and fashion is one of them. Fashion is so interesting- besides...