Quilting Geometry Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Students study geometry through the concepts of quilt design. Students will produce their own quilt and discuss the reasons why they chose their designs using their knowledge of the properties of triangles

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      language arts - reading , math Roles      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner Levels (ABE/GED)       4, 5 Time Frame       3 hours or 4 sessions Technology Integration Venn Diagram Teaching Strategy Make a Quilt Underground Railroad Quilt Code Myth African-American Historical Antique Geometric Quilt Designs Underground Railroad Quilts & Abolitionist Fairs The Underground Railroad Quilt Code

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent While studying the Underground Railroad, students become interested in quilts and the quilt code, giving the teacher the opportunity to extend the lesson into the academic area of mathematics. Contextual Using authentic quilts as examples and allowing students to produce a quilt design gives students the chance to better understand how quilts fit into our history. Reading the piece of literature also ties the two content areas together and provides a background for their understanding. Building Expertise Angles and triangles would have been previously introduced, but this lesson allows students to manipulate and visualize their relationship.

Lesson Designer Judy Franks Ohio Literacy Resource Center (330) 672-0753 jfranks@literacy.kent.edu

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