Kansas Women and their Quilts - Curricular Standards
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
