Emily Basham

Date of Lesson: 2/28/14

Sweet Claras Quilt
State Standard: 3-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in antebellum period, the
causes and effects of the Civil War, and the impact of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Indicator: 3-4.2 Summarize the development of slavery in antebellum South Carolina including
the invention of the cotton gin and the subsequent expansion of and economic dependence on
slavery.

Learning Objective: The student will be able to write about the importance of secret messages in
allowing slaves to escape to freedom.

Essential Question: How did the enslaved of South Carolina escape to freedom?

Assessment: The student will complete a 3, 2, 1 activity. The teacher will check for correctness and
record in gradebook and anything chart.

Activities/Procedures:
Opening: The teacher will ask the students if they remember learning about the uses of Gullah
music. The teacher will relate the quilt discussed in the Gullah activity to the one in the book
they will read today.
Activities: The teacher will read Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. The class will discuss the use
of the quilt in the book and the trials of escaping to freedom.
Closing: The students will complete a three, two, one activity. They will list 3 difficulties slaves
faced in escaping, 2 items they used to help them escape, and 1 question.

Accommodations:
ESL: The teacher will stop periodically to explain sections of the book. The teacher will point out dialect
and vocabulary words.
Special Education: The teacher will stop periodically to explain sections of the book. The teacher will
point out dialect and vocabulary words.
Early Finishers: The students may choose an assignment from the social studies challenge box, read
silently, finish work, or take an AR test.

Materials: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, pencil and paper

Questioning:
1) Create a piece of quilt containing a secret message. Early Finishers (Creating)
2) Do you think that other slaves knew what Clara was making? Use text to support
your answer. (Evaluating)
3) Why did John not smile after he tried to escape? (Applying)




Lesson 7 Assessment
The student will write about 3 difficulties slaves faced in escaping, 2 items or strategies they
used to escape, and one question. The teacher will grade for accuracy of the first five items and for one
question being asked. The teacher will record grade in the gradebook and anything chart.

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Student Pink & Say
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Antebellum Skits
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Slavery
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