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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students explore the complexity of handmade quilts and their designs by looking a real life samples. Full Review »
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- 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
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
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- 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 - 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 »
- 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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