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Grade 3, Book 1  
Unit 3: Be Creative!
The Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie Flournoy

Internet Connection Activity
Traditional Clothing    Cultural Perspectives
JP NET Kimono Hypertext
Connect to this link:
http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kimono/index.html


  1. Click A Child's Kimono.

  2. Click Intro at the bottom to return to the first page.

  3. Click A Man's Kimono.

  4. Click Next to continue moving from page to page.

Kids Space
Connect to this link:
http://www.kids-space.org/CTC/index.html


  1. Click CTC Games and then Game 1. Follow the onscreen directions.

  2. After playing the game, click See more information.

  3. Click CTC Home to return to the main page.

  4. Try Game 2.


Internet Connection Activity
Patchwork Quilts    Find Out More
Southern Quilting
Connect to this link:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/quilt/opening.html


  1. Read the introduction.

  2. Click Table of Contents and Southern Quilting Traditions.

  3. Read about the two quilts. Then click African American Quilting Traditions to find out about these quilts.

  4. At the bottom of the page, click European American Quilting Traditions to explore more quilts.

Quilts and quilt making in America 1978-1996
Connect to this link:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/qlt:@field(SUBJ+@band(Motivation++memory/nostalgia))


  1. Click 1992 New Hampshire State Winner. Click the image.

  2. Click Larger Reference Image. What do the quilt squares show?

  3. Click the Back arrow three times.

  4. Click and study 1994 Kansas State Winner.


Internet Connection Activity
Family Trees    Leveled Books
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl
Connect to this link:
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/index.html


  1. Read about Laura Ingalls Wilder, and then click Laura's family.

  2. Study the family tree.

  3. At the bottom of the page click Almanzo Wilder and read about Laura's husband.

Genealogy Instruction Beginners, Teenagers, and Kids
Connect to this link:
http://home.earthlink.net/~howardorjeff/instruct.htm


  1. Click and read With whom one should begin their research? Then click the Back arrrow.

  2. Click Some questions you can ask. Study the questions.

  3. Go back and click Projects for Kids. You can use the ideas to begin a family tree.