The Quilt Speaks
Secret Messages in Songs and Quilts
René Boyer
This collection highlights the ingenuity of the people who were instrumental in helping guide folks from enslavement to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Using quilts and songs, they were able to share important messages that kept …
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11394064Supplier ID: BPP-RBQBUPC: 9781736089156
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4-8
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This collection highlights the ingenuity of the people who were instrumental in helping guide folks from enslavement to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Using quilts and songs, they were able to share important messages that kept people safe along their long journey to freedom. Students will delight in singing and accompanying themselves as they learn the spirituals from a turbulent time in American history. This is a complete musical program with songs, Orff arrangements, narration, visuals, and supplemental materials, and it is perfect for Black History month!
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Hold On When the Saints Go Marching In Oh, Won’t You Sit Down Free at Last Down by the Riverside I Got Shoes Somebody's Knocking at My Door Twelve Gates to the City Let Us Break Bread Together Wade in the Water I’ll Fly Away I’m Trampin' Follow the Drinkin' Gourd There's a Little Wheel Turnin' Ezekiel Saw the Wheel I Want to Be Ready In That Great Git'n Up Mornin'