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Title:
| Quilts: Literature Activities |
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Description:
| These sites provide information and activity ideas about children's books that reference quilts and quilting, such as "The Keeping Quilt," "The Patchwork Quilt," and many others. Includes interactive games of quilting vocabulary and links to eThemes resources on Quilts: Past and Present and Quilts: Underground Railroad. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4 |
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Resource Links:
| Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
This is a lesson plan to go along with this book about quilting. Relates to the history of the Underground Railroad and plantations.
Quilts and Children's Literature
Here is a discussion of quilting as it relates to historical fiction books. NOTE: This site contains a banner ad.
The Freedom Quilt
This activity is based on "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt." The students construct a quilt square that represents the Civil War. NOTE: This site contains ads and a pop-up.
Once Upon a Quilt
Here is a list of books related to quilting.
Quia: Warm Winter Quilts Game
This game lets you play matching, flashcards, and concentration games. You can also do a word search using quilting vocabulary.
Quilt Unit
This page give lessons to do in the classroom and in the library about quilts.
Coat of Many Colors Activity
For this activity, students bring in scraps and make a coat as a class. NOTE: This site contains ads and sponsored links.
Literature Learning Ladders: Quilts
Here is a bibliography of books about quilts and quilting that can be integrated into a cross curricular unit. NOTE: Several of the external lesson plan links are broken.
eThemes Resource: Quilts: Past and Present
Look at quilts throughout history including patterns and design construction. Covers quilts from the United States, Great Britain, Asia, Australia, Latin America, and elsewhere. Includes classroom activity ideas, audio recordings of quilt makers, an online game, and many photos of quilt patterns. Underground Railroad quilts are found on some sites. Includes an eThemes resource on Quilts: Literature Activities.
eThemes Resource: Quilts: Underground Railroad
These sites are about the Underground Railroad and the secret codes it used. Here you can find background information, a glossary of code terms, maps, and interactive features. Students can design their own quilt blocks and learn about African American quilting traditions. Included is an eThemes resource on the Underground Railroad.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9, 2.1, 2.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 2, 4, 2, 6
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