How might Math help us communicate

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How might Math help us communicate? Determine
what you see and what questions you might ask to
get the big picture.
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Describe the shapes and patterns you see.
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What additional things do you see?
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What do you think you are looking at? Describe
why you think this.
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How is color used in this item? Which shape is
used most often? Why do you think that is so?
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Estimate how many total squares there are in the
quilt. What do you think the squares might
represent?
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1994 Iowa State Winner A Gathering of Old
Friends Quilts and Quiltmaking in America
1978-1996 , American Memory Collection, Library
of Congress
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Why do you think it was important for the
quiltmaker to use these shapes and patterns?
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Based on the patterns and shapes you saw, what
story do you think this quilt tells?
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If you were to make a quilt, what shapes and
symbols would you use? Why? What would they
represent?
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In addition to geometric shapes, what other math
is needed to make a quilt?
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Understanding the Big Picture How is math
used to design and make quilts and other textiles?
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Examine the following primary sources to
determine if math was essential in the design of
these textiles.
Vozdukh sacremental cloth cover, a gift from
Empress Catherine the Great to Right Reverend
Simon. Ipatevskii Monastery. Kostroma Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Native made baskets of s.w. Alaska Library of
Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Navajo woman weaving blanket. Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Linen Cloth, INTRODUCTIONARTIFACTS FROM THE
QUMRAN SITE Library of Congress Exhibitions