Sweet+Clara+and+the+Freedom+Quilt

Deborah Hopkinson, James Ransome (1993). Alfred A. Knopf Clara, who works as a seamstress in the Big House, dreams of the day when she and her mother can run away together—north to freedom. When Clara hears two slaves talking about how they could find the Underground Railroad if they only had a map, she sews a map of the land—a freedom quilt—that no master will ever suspect. **Benchmark 3-5 A, B, D** A. Use map elements or coordinates to locate physical and human features of North America.  B. Identify the physical and human characteristics of places and regions in North America D. Analyze ways that transportation and communication relate to patterns of settlement and economic activity.
 * Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt**