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- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students create quilt blocks used to investigate and develop procedures for finding the area of squares and rectangles. They may use the individual patchwork blocks, or they may design one using the Design Template. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students use a monochromatic palate, select shades and tints for a selected hue, or select complimentary or analogous colors for a quilt design. They design quilt squares using basic geometric shapes, repetition, balance, and proportion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students explore different types of families and cultures. They create a paper quilt with geometric designs of similar colors to show unity and pictures of each of their families to show diversity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students examine the importance of a quilt from a culture standpoint. In groups, they create their own creative quilt. They donate the quilt to a local homeless or women's shelter. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students construct a nine-patch quilt using a template. Drawing upon traditional and technological resources, student pairs research the various designs for a nine-patch quilt. Pairs use a downloadable template to create their own nine-patch quilt for display in the classroom. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students create a shadow quilt using designs from the book,"Shadow Quilts" by Patricia Magaret and Donna Slusser. They use the book ideas to design the quilt with their own fabric choices. They practice the shadow quilt technique and then begin sewing their own blocks. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the history and purpose of quilts in early America. They create and name their own unique quilt blocks. Students combine their quilt blocks with other students in the class to create a class quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students construct a quilt square that becomes a part of q whole. The quilt square is constructed using cut pieces of cloth. Students examine the construction of patterns with shapes and patters based on the story "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkins. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students explore patterns. They observe a video, "Math Monsters." Students determine the next item in a sequence. Students read books about patterns. They discuss patterns in quilts. Students visit a specified web site and design their own quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students discuss and describe the differences and similarities in families. After reciting finger plays about families, they draw pictures of their own families. Next, they incorporate their family pictures into a paper quilt. Full Review »
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