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Kansas Women and their Quilts

Grades 4 - 6

Kansas Curricular Standards Connections

Kansas Women and Their Quilts traveling resource trunk correlates to the 2004 Kansas Standards for History and Government; Economics and Geography, the 2003 Kansas Communication Arts Standards, and the 2003 Kansas Curricular Standards for Mathematics.

Fourth Grade

History, Benchmark 1, Indicator 6: The student describes life on the Santa Fe and Oregon-California Trails.

  • Lesson 3: Packing the Wagon Train (California Trail)

History, Benchmark 4, Indicator 4: The student identifies and compares information from primary and secondary sources (e.g., photographs, diaries/journals, newspapers, historical maps).

  • Lesson 3: Packing the Wagon Train
  • Lesson 5: Fabric Sources
  • Lesson 7: The Importance of Learning to Sew

Literature, Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: The student identifies and describes characters' physical traits, personality traits, and feelings, and explains reasons for characters' actions and the consequences of those actions.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

Math, Algebra, Benchmark 1: Pattern - The student recognizes, describes, extends, develops and explains relationships in patterns using concrete objects in a variety of situations.

  • Lesson 8: Quilt Pattern Names
  • Lesson 12: Quilt Math

Reading, Benchmark 4, Indicator 4: The student generates and responds logically to literal, inferential, and critical thinking questions before, during, and after reading the text.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

Fifth Grade

Economics, Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: The student explains how scarcity of resources requires individuals, communities, states, and nations to make choices about goods and services.

  • Lesson 3: Packing the Wagon Train

Literature, Benchmark 1: The student uses literary concepts to interpret and respond to text.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

Math, Algebra, Benchmark 1: Patterns - The student recognizes, describes, extends, develops, and explains relationships in patterns in a variety of situations.

  • Lesson 8: Quilt Pattern Names
  • Lesson 12: Quilt Math

Math, Geometry, Benchmark 1, Indicator 4: The student determines if geometric shapes and real-world objects contain line(s) of symmetry and draws the line(s) of symmetry if the line(s) exits(s).

  • Lesson 12: Quilt Math

Math, Geometry, Benchmark 1, Indicator 5: The student recognizes, draws, and describes (b) angles as right, obtuse, or acute.

  • Lesson 12: Quilt Math

Reading, Benchmark 4, Indicator 4: The student generates and responds logically to literal, inferential, and critical thinking questions before, during, and after reading the text.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

Sixth Grade

Literature, Benchmark 1: The student uses literary concepts to interpret and respond to text.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

Math, Algebra, Benchmark 1: Patterns - The student recognizes, describes, extends, develops, and explains the general rule of a pattern in a variety of situations.

  • Lesson 8: Quilt Pattern Names
  • Lesson 12: Quilt Math

Reading, Benchmark 4, Indicator 4: The student generates and responds logically to literal, inferential, and critical thinking questions before, during, and after reading the text.

  • Lesson 10: The Emotional Meaning of Quilts
  • Lesson 11: Cooperative Quiltmaking and Aesthetics

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