Major Theme:

Freedom, slavery, courage, and family

 

Summary:

Eleven-year old Clara was sold to another plantation and separated from he momma.  She became a seamstress.  As she learned more about the Underground Railroad, she thought of a way to show how to find it.  She pieced together scraps of material with scraps of information to sew into a quilt.  The quilt was a secret map used to help slaves to freedom.  Clara eventually followed the map to her momma and onto freedom in the North.

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How old was Clara when she was separated from her Momma?

Explain how she might have felt being separated.

Have you ever experienced separation from your family?  …First day of school?  …Lost in a store?  …Staying with relatives?

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At first, how did you feel about being separated?

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Why did Aunt Rachel teach Clara sew?

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How did Clara feel about going to the Big House to sew?

Explain why she felt the way she did.

While Clara was working as a seamstress, what was she learning about as she listened to the workers and visitors?

Do you think Clara was a hero?

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Explain why.

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Use a large piece of construction paper or a grocery bag.  Lightly draw a map of you neighborhood.  Use scrap material-fabric, yarn, string, paper, dried noodles, peas, beans, sticks, toothpicks, small rocks, bottle caps, magazine pictures, etc. to glue onto the map.

Using KidPix or any other drawing program, create a family quilt.  Choose family members, names, dates, and pictures of events or memories to add to the quilt.

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