Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, and text. Enter your email address to subscribe to texas librarian and receive notifications of new lesson plans by email. Find book the patchwork quilt lesson plans and teaching resources. Freedom quilts unit overview in this unit students will discover the route of the underground railroad and the usage of freedom quilts to navigate and communicate information. Comstock read aloud honor book award 2006 at msu moorhead. Students will use fine motor skills to create paper reproductions of quilt squares discussed in the book the patchwork path. Works well as a story and also as a lesson in africanamerican history. A read aloud of, the patchwork quilt by valerie flournoy. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, the patchwork path. A quilt map to freedom an exciting story about a girl and her father who escape slavery. The story follows a young slave girl named hannah, who recalls the special quilt her mama once made for her, which includes secret meanings imbedded in the quilt patterns.
This video class goes through all the basics, from choosing fabric and cutting it, to laying out your blocks and sewing them together, then how to baste, quilt and finish your quilt. Students will read passages from conductors on the railroad, create a map of the railroad, write a narrative, and design their own freedom quilt. An exciting story about a girl and her father who escape slavery. A quilt map to freedom a book and a hug in 1994 africanamerican quilter ozella mcdaniel williams gave a story to jacqueline tobin. Now that hannahs papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the underground railroad to canada.
It was a story that had been passed won through her family from grandmother to mother to daughter. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, the patchwork path tells the story of a two of the thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom a story of courage, determination, and hope. A quilt map to freedom bettye stroud o show way jacqueline woodson. The assignment required a creation of a study guide that would explore some aspect or theme from the book the patchwork path. Each square from the quilt symbolizes an action or path that they will need to take to reach canada safely. The patchwork path tells the story of a two of the thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom a story of courage, determination, and hope.
Threads of freedom is a studentdesigned webquest that briefly introduces the use of block patterns in freedom quilts. Now that hannahs father has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the underground railroad to canada. Each student gets to cut and assemble a chosen freedom quilt pattern. Jan 19, 2014 this video is a read aloud of sweet clara and the freedom quilt by deborah hopkinson. School library journal now that hannahs papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the underground railroad to canada. Lessons and ideas books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit. Students will take a square of felt, and then choose cotton swatches for their quilt pattern. Freedom quilts was an outstanding lesson plan that seems to have been removed from the kennedy center files. A quilt map to freedom now that hannahs papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will. This the patchwork path lesson plan is suitable for 4th grade. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The patchwork path a quilt map to freedom by bettye.
A quilt map to freedom stroud, bettye, bennett, erin susanne on. A beautifully written story using many historical facts about this time period. A quilt map to freedom by bettye stroud, a powerful story of a girl and her father escaping slavery to freedom on the underground. A quilt map to freedom by bettye stroud, a powerful story of a girl and her father escaping slavery to. You can use this product by itself to study the quilt codes and what they mean or you can use it with the book the patchwork path to work on comparing fiction and nonfiction. Copy a supply of quilt square patterns in this kit. Teacher cyber guide includes language arts activities plus map quilts. Now that hannahs papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will guide. There are many good books about the quilt code, including the following. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, the patchwork path tells the story of a brave father and his young daughter, two of thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom a story of courage, determination, and hope. A quilt map to freedom 9780763635190 by stroud, bettye and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. These re p resent some of the most common quilt blocks used in coded quilts. The patchwork path by bettye stroud candlewick press. I often have had people asking about how to learn patchwork and quilting.
Fourth graders investigate slavery by reading a book with their classmates. To make squares more sturd y, mount squares on construction paper before cutting apart. This is the newest class i have come across and it looks fabulous. Sweet clara and the freedom quilt lesson plan and links, designed for grades 35, includes language arts activities as well as a mathematical application in making a map. Hannah uses the quilt that her mother made to guide her and her father through the frightening journey. My 4th and 5th grade students created a freedom quilt square for their class quilts last year during black history month. The patchwork quilt by valorie flournoy pearson learning, 1995. This works well as a story and also as a lesson in africanamerican. Sep 19, 2012 i used this activity with my year 45 class and they produced some of the best collage work i have ever seen from children. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. A quilt map to freedom written by bettye stroud, illustrated by erin susanne bennett, and published by candlewick press tenyearold hannah, a slave on a georgia plantation, tells her own story about her mother teaching her to make a special quilt encoded with secret patterns that will help her run to freedom. A quilt map to freedom now that hannahs papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of mama its a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the underground railroad to canada. Learning about the secret codes of the underground railroad is always interesting to kids.
The underground railroad for all ages real life at home. A quilt map to freedom stroud, bettye, bennett, erin. This video is a read aloud of sweet clara and the freedom quilt by deborah hopkinson. We started out the project by reading the patchwork path. A quilt map to freedom tells the story of a young girl and her fathers flight from slavery to freedom. The patchwork patha quilt map to freedom by laurie rutter. Show students a quilt and discuss the following questions with them. We wanted to create a flexible guideline in order to help guide the lesson, but to leave most of the decisions up to the.
Students will choose a pattern to create as a pillow. Apply mapping skills to make a quilt map showing their route from home to school before reading 1. This works well as a story and also as a lesson in africanamerican history. A quilt map to freedom by bettye stroud illustrated by erin susanne bennett gradeclasssubject. Weber reads frederick douglass and harriet jacobs lesson plan. A quilt map to freedom by bettye stroud africanamerican author faith ringgold tells story using story quilts. This lesson was designed as an introductory lesson for any ageability level. A quilt map to freedom by bettye stroud and erin susan bennett. Feb 24, 2017 a read aloud of, the patchwork quilt by valerie flournoy. Optional numbers can be added to each shape to facilitate placement in the pattern. In this abolitionist movement lesson, 4th graders read the story the patchwork path, and discuss the creation of the underground railroad. A quilt map to freedom is a picture book written by bettye stroud and illustrated by erin susanne bennett.
I created these patterns following the book the patchwork path by b. Students at all ages love to be read to from a picture book, so even 6th graders would find this lesson interesting and fun. The patchwork patha quilt map to freedom by laurie rutter tpt. These are some of the squares in the quilt hannahs mama helped her to sew before hannahs sister was sold to another plantation and before. This video was recorded using a lumens ladibug document camera and a macbook. Students will learn about the use of quilts for symbols along the underground railroad and what the different patterns meant to the escaping slaves. The finished products are assembled together and hang as our freed. A gustavus myers center for the study of bigotry and human rights outstanding book, honorable mention. The images stitched into hannahs quilt lead to secret signposts on the underground railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom.
The patchwork path webquest is a result of a graduate school exercise assigned in an introduction to computer based education course offered at the university of georgia. Betterlessons unique formula allows us to bring you highquality coaching, a professional learning lab, and a learnbydoing process that embeds pd into the classroom. When papa says its time to run to freedom, she has something precious to bring along the patchwork quilt her mama helped her sew before she died. They planned their own quilt tiles about what freedom meant to them, and then collaged this using a range of materials that reflected the ideas in their designs. If anyone knows where this lesson plan is currently hosted, please share. When i plan out a lesson or unit study, it doesnt really look like something that just came out of a teachers educational book, but it does combine fun with learning. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, the patchwork path tells the story of a two of the thousands who. This is a moving story about a young slave girl and her papa feeing from the horrors of slavery. Really good stuff activity guide underground railroad quilt guide. Product description an exciting story about a girl and her father who escape slavery. The patchwork path a quilt map to freedom duration.
Students create unity by creating a patch for the classroom patchwork quilt. Really good stuff activity guide underground railroad. The images stitched into hannahs patchwork quilt lead to secret signposts on the underground railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom. I used this activity with my year 45 class and they produced some of the best collage work i have ever seen from children. The patchwork path lesson plan for 4th grade lesson planet. After listening to the story, the patchwork quilt, students have a class discussion about the book.