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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that quilts had many uses besides keeping people warm. They will view books and photos in which quilts are used to tell stories of events in history, and will then choose a historical event, being studied, to illustrate as a paper quilt bulletin board.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Display story books that use quilts as a theme of the story and pictures of quilts that could be a theme of a story.
(e.g. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, The Quiltmakers Gift by
Jeff Brumbeau, Hidden in Plain View by Jocqueline Tobin, The Quilts of Gee's Bend by John Beardsley)
Step 2.
After reading one of the children's books suggested in Step 1 or another one of your choice, and discussing what event the story depicts, have the students look at pictures of quilts from the American Centuries web site that accompany this activity. As a class, choose one quilt image and write a story inspired by looking at the picture. After they have finished the story, have the class read the label for the quilt used, so they will know the historical background of the quilt. As a follow-up activity, the children could also illustrate the story, making it into a book that could be displayed in the library and shared with others.
Step 3.
Students may then choose a historical event being studied, and brainstorm a list of happenings that led up to that event.
Step 4.
Students work in pairs designing illustrations that depict those events. They should include name of event, the date it happened, and a brief statement explaining their picture.
Step 5.
Have students organize the completed pictures in chronological order.
Step 6.
Mount pictures on construction paper or sheets of wallpaper, so that there is a border.
Step 7.
Display on a bulletin board entitled " A Time In History ".
Step 8.
A follow-up activity could be to have the students draw their pictures on fabric (muslin), and display their quilt in the school library for others to see.
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