HIT: quilters (long)

[Jean Power <JPOWER@GH.GCSD.K12.SC.US>]

I found out today that some of you may not have been able to read my =
attachment sent yesterday; so here it is again.

This is a summary of the responses from my query. 63 of you responded in =
less than 24 hours! 38 are in elementary schools; 14 in middle schools; 12 =
in high schools. Some are combination elem/middle or middle/high librarians=
. 14 didn't say what level they teach.

Many do "quilt talks," and make quilts with students.  Some of the =
products have been donated to local museums, classmates who are moving, =
teachers who are moving, classmates who have lost parents (to have =
something to hug), or to stay on display in the library.

Kay Weisman has been taking the class from the Library of Congress to =
develop a unit using the American Memory Collection.
Units on:
pioneers
geometry
art
story quilts
tessellations
Underground Railroad
U. S. History and American Studies
nature
biomes
other cultures such as Africa and Japan and their quilting traditions
mini-unit on quilts with 1st graders

Have students make quilt squares illustrating:
biographies of famous people
their favorite books
the millenium

Displays:
seasonal quilt displays
quilts displayed with pertinent books and tools. Manipulatives for=20
      students are provided.
Autumn leaves quilt as background for Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf.
People! A couple of you said you set up a quilt on a frame in the =20
     library and invite local quilters to come in, work,and answer  =20
     questions from students.  Also allow students to quilt a few =20
     stitches.

Helen Bicknell asks this question:  "Do you think librarians are quilters =
because they like their lives to be organized?" Perhaps so. A pioneer =
woman once compared quilting to life in that you have pieces left over or =
someone gives you some, and that's like life, your fate. But how you =
choose to put the pieces together is your choice. I don't have the article =
with me, but the title is "Quilting the Rocky Road" and I think it came =
off of Infotrac.

Hope this inspires others to use quilts in their schools.

Jean Power, Media Specialist
Georgetown High School
Georgetown, SC
jpower@gh.gcsd.k12.sc.us

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to:
listserv@listserv.syr.edu   In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
4) SET LM_NET MAIL  * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv.
For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=