Freedom Quilt Squares

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Active Learning | Adaptation Level

Subject: Social Studies

Video Transcription

[Teacher voiceover]

In today’s lesson students are going to be using student responses to text in some of the dangers slaves faced on their journey to freedom. By using this technology, it allows students to have an environment in which they feel comfortable to share some of their thoughts and some of the things the slaves may have faced as they went on their journey to freedom.

At the end of the lesson, the teacher demonstrates the journey the slaves took on their route to freedom, pointing out (using a document camera) some of the physical features of the land as they moved northward to Canada. What they notice is that there are some features of lands such as mountains or rivers or swampland.

Students then get a chance to create their very own quilt square using Keynote. They might use triangles to represent mountains because that’s what’s used for legends on maps. They could also freeform some shapes if they want to show some rivers.

This lesson provides the perfect opportunity to integrate some of the 21st century technology tools available in schools.

Video Transcription
[Teacher voiceover]

In today’s lesson students are going to be using student responses to text in some of the dangers slaves faced on their journey to freedom. By using this technology, it allows students to have an environment in which they feel comfortable to share some of their thoughts and some of the things the slaves may have faced as they went on their journey to freedom.

At the end of the lesson, the teacher demonstrates the journey the slaves took on their route to freedom, pointing out (using a document camera) some of the physical features of the land as they moved northward to Canada. What they notice is that there are some features of lands such as mountains or rivers or swampland.

Students then get a chance to create their very own quilt square using Keynote. They might use triangles to represent mountains because that’s what’s used for legends on maps. They could also freeform some shapes if they want to show some rivers.

This lesson provides the perfect opportunity to integrate some of the 21st century technology tools available in schools.

Objectives

  • Students will identify the dangers faced by slaves on their journey to freedom.
  • Students will observe the physical features of the land that the slaves traveled on their way to Canada.
  • Students will design a quilt square to represent the journey of the slaves.

Procedure

  • The class will read Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
  • Students will text in their thoughts on the dangers faced by slaves on their journey to freedom.
  • The class will use the document camera to view the physical features of a map of the journey taken by the slaves on their way to freedom.
  • Students will use Keynote to design their quilt square that represents the journey of the slaves.

Technology Present

  • Remote responders
  • Document camera
  • Computers for each student
  • Keynote

Grade Level: 3-5

Note: The TIM is about teaching, not technology. The placement of a lesson on the TIM is based entirely on the teaching practices demonstrated in the lesson and not on the specific technology employed. Effective pedagogy is our concern, not whether the tech involved is the latest, greatest, or most expensive. In fact, most of the sample videos were recorded some time ago as part of the original development of the Technology Integration Matrix. As you view these videos, focus on the teaching practices. When using the TIM-O to observe a lesson, remember that you can display the detailed indicators by clicking the tab on the right if you are completing a Matrix-based observation or are reviewing the TIM profile of a question-based lesson. The TIM Tools Admin Guide contains additional suggestions for observing a lesson and developing a TIM profile.

Video Reference Number: 1052

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