Etu Evans, Designer, Orangeburg

English Language Arts

  • Introduce texts about the history and art of shoemaking


Social Studies

  • Discuss entrepreneurship and its significance in African Americans' ability to participate in the American Dream.
  • Discuss and compare Evans' creations and Jan Matzlinger, the inventor of the shoe lasting machine.
  • Discuss the evolution of shoe styles over time in the US and the World.


Science

  • Introduce the scientific principles involved in shoemaking.
  • Assign a project to have students create their own shoe design with accurate measurements and wear ability.


Math

  • Identify applications of transformations such as tiling, fabric design, art, and scaling in relation to shoe making
  • Have students investigate the arts: film, music, paintings sculpture, etc. that have memorialized the tragic event.


Fine Arts

  • Discuss shoe making as a creative arts.
  • Have students design creative shoe styles.