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- 5th
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Students work as a class to create a quilt mapping a route on the underground railroad. Each student create one quilt block using quilt symbols to contribute to the quilt. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students listen to Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold, and create story quilts. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students recognize that quilts are created by geometric components. They examine how quilts are an artistic art form that show the cultural heritage of the people who make them. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students use symmetry to create their own small quilt squares. They attach all of the squares to create on elarge class quilt. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students research women's roles in agriculture's history and how they have changed. They create a paper "crazy quilt" using a variety of colors and pattersn to help them explain the role of quilts in women's history. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students complete a quilt square following a predetermined color key and identify geometric shapes during individual construction and during class assembly. They also identify and project patterns created. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students listen to Deborah Hopkinson's, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" in preparation for learning about why slaves made quilts. They study discuss how slaves used some quilts as signs along the Underground Railroad before designing a quilt square for a class quilt. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create appliqued blocks for a quilting project. Students complete the process of tracing, cutting, fusing, and finishing an applique. They explore button embellishment on quilts. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students create one-of-a-kind quilts inspired by gardens. Finished quilt size is 75" square. Inspiration and design process is the focus of creating these quilts. Lesson focuses mainly on design rather than completion of the quilt. Full Review »
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- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students create a baby quilt by following the directions in Alex Anderson's book, Baby Quilts with Love. Students use the knowledge they gain to create a baby quilt of their own. Full Review »

