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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

TITLE: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
AUTHOR: Hopkinson, Deborah
ILLUSTRATOR: Ransome, James
PUBLISHER: Knopf
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1993
ISBN: 67992311X PRICE: $14.95
CULTURAL GROUP: African American THEME:
SYNOPSIS:
A young girl grows up on a plantation as a slave. She hears stories of runaway slaves and sews a quilt which serves as a map to the north and freedom.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS
SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: 3, 4, 5 TOPIC: Map Skills
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use MACUSA (PC Globe Inc.) to paint states that were part of the Union and the Confederacy. Use Regional Maps /Civil War.
  • Use KID PIX STUDIO (Broderbund) to create a quilt as shown on page 20 of the KID PIX AROUND THE WORLD ACTIVITY BOOK) by Barbara Chan (Addison Wesley, 1994).
SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: 5 TOPIC: Civil War

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