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- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students create unity by creating a patch for the classroom patchwork quilt. After listening to the story, The Patchwork Quilt, students have a class discussion about the book. They make their own quilt patches out of oaktag. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students explore how to machine quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students designa unique quilt with specific blocks using eleven colors. Each student selects fabric colors, creates blocks, and using strip piecing expands the blocks to make a quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students complete a unit on slavery and the Underground Railroad. They watch a video about quilts, complete a KWL chart, write daily journal entries, conduct research, and create a quilt block. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students research the contributions of African American leaders of the 1900's, They design and construct a quilt square showing the achievements of that individual. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
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Students make quilts using a simplified applique technique. The lesson includes directions for beginner as well as intermediate levels. Each class lasts from between two and three hours. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students watch a demonstration on making a quilt. Using that information, they practice making their own lone star quilt. They share their creation with the class to end the lesson and can make more quilts with different types of fabric if time allots. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students create a log cabin pattern quilt block inspired by an antique silk quilt in the Shelburne Museum. They choose a color scheme and practice the basic technique of foundation piecing. After they complete a quilt block they remove the foundation and ad a border around the block. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students practice making sampler quilts out of various fabrics. As a class, they watch a demonstration by their teacher discussing the different techniques. They make their own and share them with the class asking for constructive criticism. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine geometric quilt patterns to identify how math may have been used to help slaves escape to freedom. They slide, flip and turn geometric shapes to create a map quilt. Full Review »
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