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ZRead Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt focusing on page 12 where Clara asks her Aunt Rachel about Canada and the Underground Railroad and she points out the North Star to Clara. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
Later in the book Clara finds her mom and they travel.
Sweet clara and the freedom quilt lesson plan. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt By Debra Pendleton Lesson Plan Lesson Subject Rationale This book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson will help students to understand the conditions of slavery in the United States. They will understand the feelings of the slaves and the problems faced. We will explore the Library of Congress website listening to actual taped recording of.
Lesson plans - Using the picture book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt students create a problemssolutionsevents chart to help them understand the relationships between Claras problems and how she solves them. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Michigan the Civil War and the Underground Railroad.
Mary Nelson Bangor West Elementary School. Students will create freedom quilts to show routes on the Underground Railroad. Students should have a working.
Tell students that they are going to read a story about a slave girl Clara and a special quilt. If multiple copies of the book are available distribute them to the students. If not you can conduct this lesson using one copy of the book and reading it aloud.
LESSON PLAN Escaping Slavery. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN. This Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Lesson Plan is suitable for 1st - 2nd Grade.
Students demonstrate what they know about the underground railroad by comparing contrasting and answering question in a discussion format. Look together at the way Clara pieced together the quilt squares to create a map for runaway slaves to reach freedom. Allow students to work with partners to cut out colored squares of construction paper glue onto a large plain sheet of paper and plan their own freedom quilt.
Fourth graders make predictions about the story Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt based on what they know about slavery. In this predictions lesson plan 4th. When slave and seamstress Clara learns about the underground railroad she dreams of freedom for her and her friends and family.
Using scraps of cloth and infromation from other slaves Clara stitches a map her master will never recognize. Explore classroom activities puzzles teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. This Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt supplemental activityproject incorporates writing black history art and measurement.
Based on what they learn about quilts from the picture book students create their own freedom quilt and then write a paragraph about the path to freedom their quilt depic. Read Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson. Decide on use of the board chart paper or an overhead transparency for recording students oral responses.
Make an overhead transparency of the problemssolutionsevents chart and also make copies of the chart for students. ZRead Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt focusing on page 12 where Clara asks her Aunt Rachel about Canada and the Underground Railroad and she points out the North Star to Clara. Later in the book Clara finds her mom and they travel.
When asked about which way to go Clara points out the North Star. Locate constellations and find the Big. Geography Economic Lesson Plan Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Grade Level.
5th Teacher Materials Needed. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Atlases one for every 4 to 6 students Underground Railroad Routes map US. Free and Slave States map Agricultural Specialization.
1860 map paper measured for quilt squares sheet of bulletin board paper. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson and James Ransome. An inspiring tale of creativity and determination on the Underground Railroad from.
17 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson. Name Pronunciation with James Ransome. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
July 10 1995 Dragonfly Books Ages 4-8 IRA Childrens Book Award Reading Rainbow. A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North. From Publishers Weekly A courageous slave girl plays an unusual part in the Underground Railroad.
In a starred review PW said This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart. This post has a short review of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt with free discussion questions on letter sized teaching posters. In this story a slave girl patiently quietly and unobtrusively sews her way to freedom over the course of several years.
This story may be over the heads of children upon first reading and is a good text to use for the reading comprehension skill of inferring. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt lesson plan and links designed for Grades 3-5 includes language arts activities as well as a mathematical application in making a map. Jun 22 2015 - Explore April Harpers board Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt followed by 121 people on Pinterest.
See more ideas about freedom quilt underground railroad sweet clara. This Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt supplemental activityproject incorporates writing black history art and measurement. Based on what they learn about quilts from the picture book students create their own freedom quilt and then write a paragraph about the path to freedom their quilt depic.