Traveling Quilt Journal

11/05/2009

Adventures of the Traveling Quilts: October

What have the Quilts been up to during October?
Four Iditarod Traveling Quilts are on a special educational journey from school to school around the nation.  Each month, read about each quilt.  Get a glim pse of the lessons and…

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10/20/2009

Traveling Quilt 4 Heads Out on the Trail

The Iditarod Education Department is proud to announce the ‘creation’ and the ‘birth’ of the 4th Iditarod Traveling Quilt.   2006 Target® Teacher on the Trail™ Terrie Hanke has completed the final touches on the newest member of the Iditarod Traveling…

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10/10/2009

Classroom Creates a Traveling Quilt

Inspired by the visit of an  Iditarod Traveling Quilt, Ms. Prather’s students in California have created their own classroom quilt.  Each student designed and created a square.  The squares were sewn together to create the classroom quilt.
Over the next…

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10/03/2009

Adventures of theTraveling Quilts: September

Image:  These two quilt squares were among the first to be created by teachers at Iditrod’s summer conference and sewn together by 2006 Teacher on the Trail™ Terrie Hanke.  The squares became the first Iditarod Traveling Quilt.  Join us this…

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09/19/2009

Iditarod Traveling Quilts are on the Trail

This year, four Iditarod themed quilts will be traveling to schools around the nation.  Each month, you’ll be able to read where each quilt has been and learn about the schools and communities that are associated with this project.  The…

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06/05/2009

Quilt 2 in Florida

As the quilt arrived at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Rockledge, Florida, the 7th grade students of Ms. Luchs’ Language Arts class were just getting underway studying up on the Iditarod, reading a news article on Rachel Scodris, and…

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05/31/2009

Alaska, Iditarod, and the Iditarod Traveling Quilt Inspire Student’s Art

The Traveling Quilt project has taken on new energy!  Read this letter from an art teacher and discover a great project that you can do with your students.   After viewing her student’s work, you’ll be as inspired as we are! …

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05/12/2009

Quilt 3: In New Jersey

Quilt arrived in East Windsor, New Jersey, just in time for the start of the Iditarod! Students excitedly “dissected” each quilt square and shared their thoughts on each square’s meaning. Being inquisitive 5th graders, the students wanted to hear about…

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05/11/2009

One Quilt: California and Off to Nome!

Del Sur Senior Elementary, February, 2009, Lancaster, CA
Receiving the quilt was another opportunity for my 7th graders to connect technology to the world around us.  As soon as we opened the box, the students gathered around to discover the…

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05/01/2009

One Quilt in Illinois!

We hung the quilt outside our classroom for the middle school to read.  We designed a quilt square for a future travelling quilt.  The quilt inspired our 7th graders to try one of there own and so during art class…

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