Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

3 pages Adobe Reader required.įrom the U. Includes lesson plan, vocabulary, related titles and links. Students will know that the underground railroad helped many slaves escape to freedom, discuss slavery, learn how some slaves escaped to freedom using secret maps, and create their own maps using relative location. Similar to Clara's map that shows the path north to freedom, students create their own map, designing a key, a compass, and landmarks surrounding their home and school. They create a problems/solutions/events chart to help them understand the relationships between Clara's problems and how she solves them.

When visiting the recommended website in this lesson, students learn about the Underground Railroad.

(or another book of teacher's choice) and then work independently with a self-selected book. This 6-page document requires Adobe Reader for access.Īnd charting rising actions, problem, climax, falling actions, and resolution in a graphic organizer, students practice with No lesson plans here, but a nice collection of author information and links to activities related to apples. Don't miss activities under the 'For Teachers' link. Includes one chart.The author's official site. A map scoring checklist a problem/solutions/events chart and an evaluation rubric are attached. The instructional plan, lists of resources, student assessment/reflection activities, and a list of National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) Standards addressed in the lesson are included. During three 45-60 minute lessons, students will: identify the various uses for quilts and describe the significance of Clara's quilt enhance their understanding of the Underground Railroad create a problems/solutions/events chart for 'Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt' and apply mapping skills to make a 'quilt map' showing their route from home to school. This lesson uses the picture book 'Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt' by Deborah Hopkinson and an interactive website to enhance third- through fifth-grade students' understanding of the Underground Railroad and slavery, development of reading comprehension skills, and application of mapping skills.

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson