People use many types of fabric to make clothes. Some clothes can keep people safe. Some people still make their clothes. Can you make clothes?

Clothes Long AgoClothes Long Ago

by Katherine Scraper

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zipper

How Are Clothes Different Today? People had fewer clothes long ago. Manypeople made all of their clothes.

� These people wore clothes that they made.14

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Later, many people had clothes from placesfar away. People also had different types of clothes, such as jeans.

� Today, many people wear jeans.

Later, people used hooks and loops to fasten shoes.

� Hooks and loops are an easy wayto fasten shoes.

What Did People Use toMake Clothes?People made clothes long ago. First, peoplehad animal skins. So people used animalskins to make clothes.

People wore clothes long ago.

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People wanted to make clothes quickly. Aman made a sewing machine to help thesepeople. Soon, people had factories with many sewing machines. Many people workedin the factories.

� People made clothes in this factory.

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The people made many types of clothes. The people made clothes in many sizes, too.People could buy the clothes in stores. Peoplecould get clothes quickly.

� This store sold many types and sizes of clothes.

Later, people found new ways to fasten clothes.People used buttons. People used zippers.

� People used buttons and zippers to fasten clothes.

How Did People Make Clothes?People sewed to make clothes long ago. First,people made needles from animal bones. Thenpeople sewed animal skins together to makeclothes. Making clothes took a long time.

� People used needles to sew.

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How Did People Fasten Clothes?People fasten their clothes to keep the clothes on. Some people tied clothesaround their bodies long ago. Some people fastened their clothes with fancy pins.

� These people tied their clothes to fasten them.

� People used fancy pins to fasten clothing.

People made fabric.

Later, people made fabric. People sewed the fabric together to make clothes. Making clothes still took a long time.

� People sewed to make clothes.

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Later, people used wool to make clothes.People got wool from sheep. People alsoused cotton to make clothes. People madecotton from plants.

� People used sheep’s wool to make clothes.

People used this plant to make clothes.

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People found ways to fasten shoes, too.People used buckles and shoestrings.

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