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Transformations

Transformations . Investigating the Quilt Codes of the Underground Railroad. Read: Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt.

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Transformations

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  1. Transformations Investigating the Quilt Codes of the Underground Railroad

  2. Read: Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will ever suspect.

  3. Choose a Quilt codes • http://www.osblackhistory.com/quiltcodes.php • Use GSP to construct the Quilt Code • Be sure your Quilt Square is Constructed • Maintains the properties • Keeps the symmetry • What transformations do you see that formed this symmetry? • Mirror lines? • Angles of Rotation? • Centers of rotation? • Vectors of Translation?

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