Quilting Time Made in 1986 Romare Bearden, American, 1914-1988 Mosaic tesserae mounted on plywood Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Detroit Edison Company (1986.41) © Romare Bearden Foundation Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Click the image for more information.

Preparation:

I invited Nicole Reynaert, the art teacher to present information on quilting and composition to my students. Our students visited the museum together, and we shared images and information.

Resources:

Boehm, R., Armstrong, D., Hunkins, F. Geography: The World and Its People. Glencoe, McGraw and Hill: New York,
This is our text.

"Shahn, Ben" Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2001
http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
This Web site gives a clear and concise biography of the life of Ben Shahn.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~awilson/Bearden/Biographical_Information.html
this Web site provided biographical information on Romare Bearden.

http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus57b.htm
This Appleton Museum of Art Web site provided biographical information and examples of the work of Hughie-Lee Smith.

http://www.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/project_rub.cgi
This Web site provided helpful rubrics for student assessment.