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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Underground Railroad and the factors that helped the slaves make it to freedom. They design quilts describing what they have learned. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore quilting bees and have their own quilting bee in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students have the opportunity to observe patterns in quilts. They produce their own quilt patterns. Combining video and the Internet, these lessons are intended to be the culminating lessons for a study of patterns. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students share personal artifacts and use them to make a classroom community quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a quilt square using Kid Pix software using a variety of media, techniques, and processes. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine the geometry of quilts. They discuss the history of quilting, design two nine-patch squares, exchange one design on an Internet bulletin board, and construct a hot pad that is quilted. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students investigate quilts as a way to record the cultural history of a particular time and place. They explore various websites, view and discuss images of quilts, identify colors, shapes, patterns, and symbols, and create a class story quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the use of cloth-based art forms intended to pass down traditions and history. They research types of quilts, quilt characteristics and then identify how Freedom Quilts were historically used in the US. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students listen as the teacher reads a book about quilts, before they discuss the craftsmanship used in making quilts. They study the regions and symbols associated with their state. They make a quilt square using one of the facts by typing the fact into a word processing template. They complete a quilt square to be added a class quilt. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students explore the significance of memorials in the creation of their own memorial for the victims of 9/11. Through brainstorming and class discussion, they identify the characteristics of a memorial. Students use construction paper to create a square for a 9/11 memorial quilt. Full Review »
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