Book Detail
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah | Illustrator: Ransome, James |
| Title: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt | Date: 1993 |
| Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-679-82311-5 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction, historical fiction, true story | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainstorm of sewing a map of the Underground Railroad onto a quilt so that others could find their way to freedom. | |
Teaching Ideas: |
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| This lovely story would fit into a unit on slavery or a unit on quilt making. Teachers could tie in math (estimation of miles) and map reading and geography. Students may want to research various ways slaves devised to escape their bondage. | |
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