Tools and Resources Needed

Below is a list of tools and resources that will be used for this project.

On-site people, facilities

• Parent volunteers to help during the sewing portion of the lesson, or a sewing instructor

• Art Instructor

• Math Instructor

• Librarian or Language Arts Instructor

• Social Studies/History Instructor

Equipment

• Sewing machines, if available

• Scissors

• Needles and thread

• Computers/laptops/Chromebooks for research and design projects

Materials

• Dot Paper for laying out a quilt pattern

• Colored pencils to create the design pattern

• Fabric

• Library books listed on lesson plan - either a copy for each student or the teacher can read the book aloud to all students.

Community Resources

• Find an afterschool program that will bring in several sewing machines and help the students sew together the quilt shapes. If that is not available, the students can hand-sew the pieces together.

• If possible, bring in community members of different cultures to show personal quilts and explain their meaning.

Other

• Classroom such as an Art Room or Lunchroom with long tables instead of desks for placement of sewing machines