Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet
Publication Information
Author:  Paul, Ann Whitford	Illustrator:  Winter, Jeanette
Title:  Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet	Date:  1991
Publisher:  HarperCollins	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-06-443464-8
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    alphabet, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Each letter of this alphabet book introduces a quilt pattern that relates to an activity or person important in early American history.
Teaching Ideas:
The book lends itself to a study of family history, especially in rural areas where families may still possess family quilts. Teachers could do paper or cloth quilting activities in the style of the Foxfire books in which writing, pictures, and photographs are published as a group project. This book could be used in conjunction with Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and Harriet Power's Bible Quilts. Individual sections could be excerpted for specific historic concepts such as the Underground Railroad or the home life of pioneers.
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Art and Photography History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country > early American life History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion > pioneers History > topic > war > Civil War > Underground Railroad History > topic > quilts Family

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