Lesson Plan

Making the Connection With Quilts

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Fourth graders explore history of Underground Railroad in Indiana and discover how slaves were assisted on their journey using codes displayed in different quilt blocks. Students examine connection quilts have to ancestry and family legacies, and design or reproduce quilt block to be sewn into classroom quilt.

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Resource Details
Grade
4th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Duration
4 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Year
2001