Middle school collection; specific grade not stated.
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Compelling question
How does quilting help me to help someone else?
Standards & practices
OSEU 3-Learning crafts from elders, Generousity
Staging the question
Students will work to build blocks (4 patches) while working on their project that will all be put
together to make a quilt to give to the Spotted Tail Crisis Center.
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
How can having a quilt make someone
feel connected to the maker?
Formative performance task
Make 4 patches
Featured sources
OSEU 3-Pearl Kennedy-Colombe
Pharmalee Quilting Field Trip
Supporting question 2
What does it mean to give a quilt to
someone else?
Formative performance task
Sew 4 patches to setting blocks
Featured sources
You Tube: Star Quilt Explained
Supporting question 3
What can we do to make sure our
blocks all fit together and are the
same size?
Formative performance task
Sew blocks together to form a quilt
top to give
Featured sources
Bonnie Hunter Leader and Ender
explained
Summative performance task · Argument
Why do I have to do something for someone else?
Extension
Community is vital to our human existence. Creator has charged us with caring for one
another. Learn from each other and from our mistakes.
Taking informed action
Students will create quilts throughout the year that will be given to the Spotted Tail Crisis Center.
The center currently has 17 twin beds and 2 cribs. Blocks will be made in class as well as in an after
school club.
Elder sources included in this lesson
No specific Elder video could be matched to the archived lesson’s source references.
Also named in the source: Pearl Kennedy-Colombe. A specific video was not identified for these references.
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
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“Lesson Title” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 3: Culture & Language
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 4: Kinship & Harmony
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 7: Way of Life & Development
Compelling
Question
How does quilting help me to help someone else?
Standards and
Practices
OSEU 3-Learning crafts from elders, Generousity
Staging the
Question
Students will work to build blocks (4 patches) while working on their project that will all be put
together to make a quilt to give to the Spotted Tail Crisis Center.
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
How can having a quilt make someone
feel connected to the maker?
What does it mean to give a quilt to
someone else?
What can we do to make sure our
blocks all fit together and are the
same size?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Make 4 patches
Sew 4 patches to setting blocks
Sew blocks together to form a quilt
top to give
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
OSEU 3-Pearl Kennedy-Colombe
Pharmalee Quilting Field Trip
You Tube: Star Quilt Explained
Bonnie Hunter Leader and Ender
explained
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Why do I have to do something for someone else?
Extension
Community is vital to our human existence. Creator has charged us with caring for one
another. Learn from each other and from our mistakes.
Taking Informed
Action
Students will create quilts throughout the year that will be given to the Spotted Tail Crisis Center.
The center currently has 17 twin beds and 2 cribs. Blocks will be made in class as well as in an after
school club.