Story+Quilt

Your challenge is to create an assignment for a Story Quilt for your assigned grade level. Each person in the group should select a different idea/concept/era etc. for the assigned grade level or you can choose to collaborate as a group IF you are able to arrange out of class work time as needed. You will need to briefly describe the requirements you would give to students and describe how you would assess student artifacts. Additionally, you will need to create a sample artifact as you would require of your students. If you are up to getting fabric and sewing, by all means do so; however, I know many of you may not be up to that task (lack of skills, finances, money,… etc.). Some ideas for using the story quilt format in an alternative way include but are not limited to the use of:


 * Scrapbook Pages
 * Web 2.0 – Big Huge Labs [] or Text2Pic [] See Integrating Teaching and Technology wiki for ideas http://integratingteachingandtechnology.wikispaces.com/Signs+and+Posters
 * Shape Quilts – the use of an object (outline or the actual object) & fill in with graphics/text. Ideas of objects – Teepee (discussion of Native Americans); sailing ship (explorers); light bulb or telephone (inventions); jeans (culture), etc.
 * Collage
 * iPad/iPhone apps – Collage, Scrap It HD, Phoster, PhotoCard, Tiled, etc.

If your group members are working individually, you each can make your own choices of format – you don’t all have to use the same format.

Refer to required reading for class for ideas about how story quilts can be used in the classroom. Sevier, B., Sampish, A., Barnes, M., and Webb, K. (2010). Story quilts: Communicating content and creating connections. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 23(1), pp. 11-15

Upload your individual or group's paper for your story quilt. Take a picture of your artifact if it is not electronic and include as well. If your artifact is electronic, add an attachment or embed as your file type requires.

Samm Ashley Bethany Baird Chelcie Tuell || || || Beth Barger Brandy Gates Jessica Rolen || ||  || Jenna Bullock Tabitha Jeffers Jessica Tucker || Tabitha Jeffers
 * **Names & Grade**
 * Level** || **Story Quilt Paper** || **Artifact****picture or link** ||
 * Grade 2
 * Grade 3
 * Grade 3

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Tabitha Jeffers: Jenna Bullock: || James Brianna Haleigh Wendy || ||
 * Grade 4

Wendy Picarella || Aaron B. Aaron H. Anthony || Aaron Brown-Story Quilt Paper:
 * Grade 5

Anthony Normile Story Quilt

Aaron Hiscock || Aaron Brown-Scrapbook Page 1 Page 2

Page 3 Page 4

Anthony Normile: Michael Dell

Anthony Normile Steve Jobs || Dana Tania Renee || ||
 * Grade 6

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