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Quilting in the Classroom

March 6, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen  
Filed under Home & Living

Quilting in the Classroom

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
Quiltmaking and it’s history lends itself in many ways to the classroom, whether simply in one class or across the curriculum.  Some of the classes include:  math, social studies, reading, art and music
 I’ve taught about quilts and quilt history in several schools by:
 *Introducing quiltmaking to a 6th grade social studies class that was studying colonial times in America. This was a morning workshop, and the teacher followed up on the projects I started.
*Reading stories about quilts and quiltmaking in 4th grade reading and literature when I do substitute teaching.
*Designing and overseeing the making of a quilt with third and eighth graders.  The quilt …read more


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