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Crayograph Quilts
Students create a quilt-like fabric swatches using Crayograph crayons, emery paper and rubbing plates.
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Artifacts We Don't Dig Up
Students play a game of artifact show and tell using household items.
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Hidden in Plain View: History Standard Two and the Underground
Eighth graders create a quilt based on the Underground Railroad quilt code from the book Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 6: Quilt Story
Learners 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.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 11: A Stitch in Time
Students investigate the culturally artistic value of quilts, the importance of trade in meeting basic needs, and the conservation of natural resources.
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Geo Jammin' By Design: Listening for Patterns
Young scholars listen to the teacher read a book and participate with guided questions. They discuss patterns and how they repeat, by looking at quilts. They design their own quilt block to create a class quilt.
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Geo Jammin By Design: The Important Thing
Students brainstorm what they know about geometric terms and patterns. They identify symmetry, shapes and congruency. They create a book of symmetry.
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Flying Geese
Students examine the Flying Geese quilt pattern, and discuss and identify the pattern. They write a paragraph titled, My Quilt Report, summarizing the information discussed about the quilt patterns.
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Visual Arts
Third graders participate in three visual arts lessons in this unit. They analyze the patterns of quilts, study the life and work of Rosa Bonheur and Edward Hicks.
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STRIPS 'N CURVES
Learners make color selections and make sure they are aware of correct strata construction for this innovative combination of straight lines and gentle curves creates zingy but easy-to-make quilts.
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SMALL QUILTS WITH VINTAGE CHARM
Young scholars use the book "Small Quilts with Vintage Charm" to utilize the steps and techniques to make a quilt. They focus on accurate cutting, sewing, and fabric selection.
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SKYDYES
Learners use fabric they have created in their quilts. Unlike dyeing and marbling, hand-painting fabric with Setacolor textile paints is not messy, not toxic, and the serendipitous results make every student feel like an artist!
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SIMPLY STARS
Students produce quilting stars that challenge students with unusual piecing situations, and the sampler format allows quilters to create freely with unusual fabric combinations.
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THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE
Students bring a flower picture to class. Instructor helps them choose fabrics to reflect the flowers in their picture and interpret their own garden palette and then do a collage quilt.
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A THIMBLEBERRIES HOUSEWARMING
Young scholars can choose from 22 projects in A Thimbleberries Housewarming utilize simple quiltmaking techniques appropriate for a single class or a short series of classes. Directions are clear and complete and contain specific fabric...
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Mariner's Compass Quilts: New Directions
Students follow the steps of creating Mariner's Compass blocks using two different methods, freezer paper templates and paper foundations. Then they draft their own original full size block on freezer paper.
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Story Quilts
Students create a classroom story quilt based on a story (or series of stories) read as a group.
PBS
Pbs: Quilts
If you've never thought of quilts as art, then you need to visit this site. These pages show quilts from across American over the last 100 years. Includes interviews with many contemporary quilters. You'll also find reports from teachers...
Other
Quilt Index: The Quilt Index
A database of images, stories, galleries, lesson plans, styles, techniques, and research about quilts, quiltmakers, and quiltmaking.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: History in Quilts
In this lesson plan, learners will consider "History in Quilts." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 7: Quilts: Pieces of Art [Pdf]
This magazine article focuses on quilting including the history of quilting, the use of quilting for warmth in harsh weather, and quilting as an art form.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Creative Canjos [Pdf]
Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...
Other
State Museum of Pennsylvania: Quilts
This site features historic quilts from the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Also available are links to quilting resources, a glossary of quilting terms, and tools used for quilting.
Other
The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition
An online exhibit of quilts made in Maryland especially the "album quilt" which often contained pictorial images of urban Baltimore life. Learning activities and extra resources are included.