Nov. 14, 2007: The Art of Quilting

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Activities:

1. Create your own personal quilt. Find newspaper pictures that show things about you. Arrange them on a piece of paper as if you were putting them on a quilt.

2. Fold a piece of paper into eight sections, then open up the paper. Now select an interesting story from your newspaper. Create a story quilt using the eight sections of your paper.

3. Create a theme quilt using photos and pictures from the newspaper. Pick a topic such as nature, sports, food, etc. Cut out the pictures and paste them in sections on a large piece of paper.

4. Why were quilts important (a) in Europe in past centuries, (b) in India, (c) in Colonial times in America, and (d) to tell stories?

5. Create your own literature quilt. Cut blank paper into pieces that are 4 inches by 4 inches. On each square, draw a picture that shows something about a book or story you enjoyed reading. Write the title of the book or story on the square as well. Ask friends or family members to make a square showing something they've enjoyed reading. Tape your squares together to make a large quilt.

This week's standards:

• Students understand the ways in which language, stories, folktales, music and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence the behavior of people living in a particular culture. (Social Studies: Culture)
• Students understand how an artist's experiences influence the development of specific artworks. (Visual Arts)
  
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)