At Sunrise Estates Elementary School, Mrs. Zopf’s third-grade students have completed a Social Studies unit on pioneer life, the westward expansion movement, and the Oregon Trail.
To reinforce the material they learned, the students worked in groups to make their own pioneer quilts. Each group designed a quilt to represent the pioneers and their adventures, gave the quilt a name, and then explained their designs, the varying patterns, and the stitches they used. Classroom designs included a Trail Quilt, Hard Work Quilt, Building a Settlement Quilt, Bye Bye Quilt, and a Prairie Weather Quilt.
Axel Romanelli and Alyssa Matthews (Hard Work Quilt)
Emily Ambrose and Colton Radencic (Bye Bye Quilt)
Jamisen Fitzroy and Kartar Hensell (Trail Quilt)
Jordy Gladkowski and Mackenzie Schmidt (Building a Settlement Quilt)
Kinsley Burkley and Rocco Gambone (Prairie Weather Quilt)