vs. Railroad
Grade Levels: 4 - 5
Subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts, Math
Learner Outcomes:
Students will understand
the purpose of quilts during the time of the Underground
Railroad.
Students will know what
a topographical map depicts.
Students will be able to
use a topographical map to create a paper and colored pencil
quilt square.
Duration: 2 thirty minute traditional class periods
Materials: paper, colored pencils scissors, US
topographical map, Hidden in Plain
View: A
Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground
Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, rulers
Procedures:
1. Ask student the following questions: What is a quilt?
What are some of the
materials that a quilt could be made of? What is the primary use
form quilts?
2. Explain to students the quilts actually serve two purposes
during the time of the
Underground Railroad. The first purpose was as a cover on a bed.
The second
purpose was as a code.
3. Explain there were specific quilts used to direct slave
to take particular action.
Since it was common to air quilts, the master would not be suspicious of
a quilt
hanging on a fence. Through the quilts the slaves could non verbally
alert those
escaping. Only one quilt would appear at any one time and signaled
a specific
action for the slave to take the particular time the quilt was on view.
4. Show each of the specific quilt patterns and discuss the
coded meaning of each
quilt.
5. Explain that a sampler quilt included all of the patterns
arranged in order of the
code and the sampler was used to aid in memorizing the code.
6. Explain that quilts are put together by knotting or stitching.
The spacing of the
knots on the quilt indicated the number of miles between the stations on
the
Underground Railroad. The stitching may actually be a topographical
map of the
area.
7. Ask students to give examples of land forms near the school that
would be
included on a map.
8. Show the US topographical map and discuss how elevation and rivers
are denoted.
9. Instruct students to use the topographical map to create
a paper and colored pencil
quilt square to help Clara and Jack to complete their journey to Canada.
Modifications: Check to ensure all IEP modifications are
being met.
Students with special needs may be partnered with peers.
Enrichment: Internet searches for quilting patterns and historical quilts.
Evaluation: Quilt squares evaluated on depicts land forms, neatness and use of color.
State and National Standards
West
Virginia State Instructional Goals
Math: 4.33, 4.34, 4.39, 4.40, 4.41, 5.29, 5.31, .5.176
Language Arts: 4.3, 4.10, 4.85, 5.8, 5.13
Social Studies: 4.25, 4.26, 4.43, 4.44, 4.49, 5.26, 5.29, 5.32, 5.44,
5.45
National
Standards:
Understands perspectives of and the roles played in the American Revolution
by
various groups of people (e.g., men, women, white settlers, free and enslaved
African Americans, and Native
Understands slavery prior to the Civil War (e.g., the importance of slavery
as a
principal cause of the Civil War, the growing influence of abolitionists,
childrens' roles
and family life
Understands the basic measures perimeter, area, volume, capacity, mass,
angle, and
circumference
Selects and uses appropriate tools for given measurement situations (e.g.,
rulers for
length, measuring cups for capacity, protractors for angle)
Job/Career Clusters: Seamstress, Cartographer, Historian
References: http://www.amazon.com
http://www.mcrel.org
http://wvde.state.wv.us/igos/
http://www.topozone.com/
Autors:
|
b.a.alfred@citynet.net |
jsgorrell@wvadventures.net |
pking@access.k12.wv.us |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
vs. Railroad |
|
|
|
|