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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students examine the many ways quilts were used to chronicle the history and experiences of African slaves and African-Americans in America. They analyze a story quilt using the elements of storytelling, then create a class quilt. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate how quilt making was a family and community activity. They read and discuss books, complete various handouts, and create a paper quilt celebrating philanthropic activities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students design and create their own quilt patterned after the styles of early American quilts. This helps students gain a perspective on how early Americans expressed their personal character and translated thier ideas. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students study about quilts and how they have been used throughout our country's history. They gain knowledge by exploring books, websites, and examining handmade quilts. They create a quilt square using a computer paint program. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students engage in a lesson which integrates the study of the Underground Railroad in Indiana with a Language Arts unit on quilts. They write a book report on one of the quilt books read in class and design a quilt block for the classroom quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine how quilts record the cultural history of a particular place and time. They view and discuss images of quilts, identify colors, shapes, patterns, and symbols, read stories about quilts, and create a class story quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine why fabric was first sewn in layers and how it was used. They identify, compare and make 3 different fabric design types which will become a basis for looking at the quilts created by African Americans. They begin the construction of their own story quilt block. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students describe historic purposes and uses of quilts. They explain what a freedom quilt is and its impact on U.S. history. They identify elements in quilts, such as colors, shapes, patterns, and symbols. They discuss customs represented by the design and creation of quilts. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine numerous quilts that show the culture and history of Nebraska. Using the internet, they view quilts from different points in history and discuss them as a class. They examine the role quilts play in discovering information about their heritage. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore history of Underground Railroad in Indiana and discover how slaves were assisted on their journey using codes displayed in different quilt blocks. Students examine connection quilts have to ancestry and family legacies, and design or reproduce quilt block to be sewn into classroom quilt. Full Review »
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