Freedom Quilts

Suitable for grades K-4

Time: 30 minutes

Fee: $1.00 per student

Student Limit:

In this activity students will learn about one way enslaved people may have communicated while traveling the Underground Railroad: freedom quilts. A museum educator will read students a story about freedom quilts explaining their possible uses. Afterwards, students will create their own secret messages on quilt squares by gluing felt pieces to a square background.

Bowtie quilt square