show way
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By
Lauren Kapes
SHOW WAY
Author: Jacqueline WoodsonIllustrator: Hudson Talbott
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Quilts with secret meanings that are maps to … freedom
‘Show Ways’
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“each generation passes on to the next the belief that there is a road to a better place”
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About the author …Jacqueline Woodson
• Based on family history• 7 generations girls & women
Quilters/Artists/Freedom Fighters• Wanted a ‘Show Way’ for her daughter
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What were some of those roads to freedom?
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When Soonie’s great-grandma was seven
She was sold from her family … as a slave
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Big Mama
Made ‘Show Way” quiltshelping slaves find freedom
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Those quilts were very special, leading slaves to freedom
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Underground railroad….
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One generation after the next continued with the ‘Show Way”
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Soonie was born and her mom said, “There’s a road, girl. There’s a road …”
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The slaves were freed
Still they worked very hard
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Soonie sewed the quiltsselling them for money
and started her own family ……..
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There was still a road yet to go …
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Caroline & Ann had ‘Show Way’ patches pinned inside their dresses that helped them
be less scared with their road
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There’s a road, girl. There’s a road.We will always remember
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Interested in learning more about the underground railroad?
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Questions?