Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt: The Real Story

This lesson was created by Dr. Kay Weller (University of Northern Iowa) for students from third to fifth grade. As a result of this lesson plan, students will understand how people in history used various materials to portray a message.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

American History

English

Theme

Population

Cartography/Maps

Cultural/Social

Historical

Region

United States

North America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people places, and environments in a spatial context

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations