Kansas Women and Their Quilts Traveling Trunk
Fourth through sixth grade lesson plans included.
Available for use with any age.
Did you know that the everyday objects that surround us have stories to tell about the past? Students using this trunk will explore Kansas history through the quilts women made and used from the early days of settling Kansas to the recycling of the 1930s to our contemporary world. Quilts, objects, historical documents, photographs and more enable students to explore women's roles and responsibilities in settling Kansas.
The lessons in the trunk's manual offer opportunities for teaching social studies, reading, math, and art for fourth through sixth grade youth. Students examine immigrant guides and a packing list. Pages from a 19th century mail order catalog and the geometry of pieced quilts connect math into the study of rural free delivery and fabric. The Great Depression of the 1930s is explored through the use of feed sacks for clothing and quilt making.
Kansas Curricular Standards Connections
Contents of Trunk
Trunk Specifications
Weight: 56 lbs.
Dimensions: 31" x 22" x 16"
Insure for $500 when shipping
Reserve this trunk by filling out a Traveling Trunk request form, emailing kshs.education@ks.gov , or calling 785-272-8681, ext. 425.
The Kansas Historical Society developed the Kansas Women and Their Quilts traveling resource trunk with partial funding provided by the Kansas Quilt Project, Inc. and the Kansas Arts Commission.