HISTORY OF THE AMERICA QUILT Critical Thinking Questions

QUESTIONS 1. Why does the article refer to the history of quilts as “herstory”?

1600’S – FIRST COLONISTS

COLONISTS 2. What does the availability and style of quilts during this time period say about their way of life?

1700’S – GROWING CITIES

GROWING CITIES 3. How did the growth in the economy affect quilts during this time period?

THE COUNTRY EXPANDS Irish Chain Nine Patch

THE COUNTRY EXPANDS Pinwheel Sawtooth Star Flying Geese

THE COUNTRY EXPANDS 4. How did the availability of cheap and washable cotton unleash new creativity in quilt making? 5. What is implied about the role of women based on the education and customs of this time period?

BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR

BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR 6. In what ways did quilting impact the politics of the time? 7. In what ways did quilting impact the slave culture (list at least 4)?

1860’S – THE CIVIL WAR

THE CIVIL WAR 8. In what way where quilts used as a form of communication during the Civil War?

LATE 1800’S – AFTER THE WAR

9. Why were patchwork quilts so popular (and continue to be)?

LATE 1800’S – AFTER THE WAR 10. Based on this quilt, what can you tell about the Victorian time period? Victorian Quilts

1920’S-1930’S – PROSPERITY & EQUALITY

– THE DEPRESSION, WWII, & POSTWAR PROSPERITY 11. How did the Depression affect quilt making? 12. How did World War 2 affect quilt making ?

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