Quilting and Culture Lesson Plan
"Everyday Use" Reading Comprehension Sheet
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Answer or explain the following questions/issues:
When looking through the perspectives of Dee, Maggie and Mama, what is the focus of each woman's life? Compare and contrast the three different impressions.
Why does Dee want the dasher and other implements made by her family?
Describe the ‘Lone Star' and ‘Walk Around the Mountain' patterns containing scraps of dresses Grandma Dee had worn over 50 years ago, pieces of Grandpa Jattell's paisley shirts, Great Grandpa Ezra's Civil War uniform.
Dee (Wangero) had been offered a quilt when she went away to college but turned it down because it was old-fashioned. Why is she saying now that they're "priceless?"
Dee wanted to hang the quilts whereas Maggie would put them to everyday use. In your opinion, examine each point of view, whose purpose for the quilts is right?
Maggie said, "She can have them, Mama ... I can ‘member Grandma Dee without the quilts." What is the reasoning behind Mama's decision to give the quilts to Maggie?
What message does this story give about the way an individual understands his or her present life in relation to his or her culture, traditions, and heritage?
How do the quilts reflect the family's history?
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