Books Alive! For Kids® Tutor Snack Pack
Learning Through Art, Inc. (LTA) is proud to offer programs, services, and
professional training that can help to identify and respond to the community’s
need for Pre–K – 3rd grade literacy programs that engage, empower and
educate with multi-sensory applications of sight, sound and touch. There is a
need for school readiness programs that gives students, parents, teachers and
community volunteers the resources for classroom success. Studies show that
students whose entire community are actively involved in a child’s daily
schooling are better prepared and therefore more successful. Studies also
show that the earlier children engage with quality educational programs, the
greater their chances of graduating and going to college.
Learning Through Art, Inc., in collaboration with Strive’s Volunteer Tutors at
Rothenberg Academy, is presenting the Books Alive! For Kids® Tutor Snack
Pack Program (TSP). This one-of-a-kind, highly innovative and interactive
literacy based curriculum is designed to assist community volunteer literacy
tutors in the educational growth of students with an easy to implement step-bystep four-six week program aligned to the national common core standards that
will make your sessions engaging and fun.
The goals of the Books Alive For Kids® TSP Program are designed to:
 Provide tutors with a dynamic, interactive, and fun learning program that
engages students in the love of reading.
 Deliver a well-rounded, multi-sensory educational experience that
explores different books and themes in a meaningful way.
 Equip tutors with experiences and materials that help them extend active,
one-on-one learning and that encourages in-depth discussions with
students.
 Create active learning beyond reading a book to prepare students for
academic success.
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Books Alive! For Kids® Tutor Snack
Pack For
Heart and Soul Activities with Common
Core Standards
Vocabulary
Pre-Kindergarten – Third Grade
Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and
phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career
readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when
encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
Activity: Vocabulary Strips – Tutor should cut words apart and match words to the quilt
picture cards.
1. Begin with words “quilt, history, and timeline”. Draw a picture of yourself at different
ages or bring in pictures. Have the students guess in which picture you were the
youngest. Display the picture on the board. Continue until all pictures are placed in a
line in chronological order. Write the age you were under each picture. Tell children
this is a timeline of your life. Share with students what it was like when you were in the
same grade as they are. Provide some history for each picture to help students
understand the words timeline and history. Give students opportunities to make their
own personal timeline by drawing pictures of significant events in their life. Example –
When they were born, when they learned to walk, first day of school, etc.
2. Show students a quilt if possible or find them on the computer. Provide multiple
experiences with quilts through books, computers or actual quilts. Have them color
one of the quilt patterns provided.
Literature: Key Ideas and Details
Pre-Kindergarten – Third Grade
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the
key supporting details and ideas.
1. Activity: Introduce the quilt pictures and corresponding labels. Example: Show
“Juneteenth quilt” along with the word Juneteenth, and the date. Continue with other
quilt pictures. Have students match the pictures with the vocabulary labels and the
dates. Then have them put the quilt pictures in chronological order using the date
cards.
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Literature: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Pre-Kindergarten – Third Grade
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and
proficiently.
Activity:
Each grade level has a particular focus based on the new curriculum standards. For
example, Kindergarten students will focus on celebrations, traditions and holidays such as
Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Day. At grade 3 the focus is historical figures such as;
George Washington, Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln. Tutor will use the grade level
timeline along with the book to provide historical information about each quilt. Students
should read or listen to the information and match it to the corresponding quilt.
ART PROJECT: “And Still I Rise Quilt Squares”
Standards: Identify and describe the different purposes people have for creating works of art.
Develop and select a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate meaning in two- and
three-dimensional works of art.
Activity:
Students will enjoy tactile hands-on fine arts experience by designing an individual quilt
square emphasizing the exhibition title And Still We Rise to reinforce the historical lessons
and empowering their self-esteem. Individual squares will be assembled into a community
quilt.
FIELD TRIP: Freeedom Center – “And Still We Rise” African American Quilt Timeline
Exhibit
Activity:
Students will visit the exhibition at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center to follow the
historic time line and identify the selected quilts matching stories in Heart and Soul.
Volunteer Tutors are invited and encouraged to join your student for this engaging multimedia exhibit.
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Quilt Pattern
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Quilt Pattern
Name _______________________________________________
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Kindergarten Timeline Quilt Focus (Traditions, Holidays/Celebrations)
Page 9
1775
General George Washington reverses his earlier policy of rejecting the services of slaves and free
blacks in the army. Five thousand African-Americans serve during the Revolutionary War
including two predominantly black units in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, one in Rhode
Island. (Connie Horne, Elk Grove, CA)
Page 34
1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as
slaves" within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free." (Cythia Catlin, San
Pedro, CA)
Page 34
1865
Juneteeth is a holiday commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
State of Texas in 1865. Though Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had minimal immediate effect
on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in the Confederate States of America. Former
Texas didn't know they were free until 18 months later. (Renee Allen, Ellenwood, GA)
Page 92
1963
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham,
Alabama. He writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which advocated nonviolent civil disobedience.
(Latifah Shakir, Lawrenceville, GA)
Page no reference in this book
1966
Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as the first specifically African-American holiday.
(Carolyn Crump, Houston, TX)
Page 99
2008
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, becomes the first African American to be elected president
of the United States, defeating Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain. (Linda Gray,
Indianapolis, IN)
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Grade 1 Timeline Quilt Focus (Past and Present)
Page 17-18 1619
A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
(Carolyn Crump, Houston, TX)
Page 9
1775
General George Washington reverses his earlier policy of rejecting the services of slaves and free
blacks in the army. Five thousand African-Americans serve during the Revolutionary War
including two predominantly black units in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, one in Rhode
Island. (Connie Horne, Elk Grove, CA)
Page 24-26 1849
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated
leaders of the Underground Railroad. (Deborah Grayson, East Point, GA)
Page 34
1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves"
within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free." (Cythia Catlin, San Pedro,
CA)
Page 34
1865
Juneteeth is a holiday commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
State of Texas in 1865. Though Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had minimal immediate effect
on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in the Confederate States of America. Former
Texas didn't know they were free until 18 months later. (Renee Allen, Ellenwood, GA)
Page 53
1910
The Great Migration of southern African Americans to northern industrial towns gets underway.
Millions of African Americans will have migrated North by the 1960s. (Lauren Austin, Shanghai,
China)
Page 77
1941
An all African American flying squadron was established in Tuskegee, Alabama; thus the
beginning of the Tuskegee Airmen. (Janice Hobson, Chicago, IL)
Page 92
1963
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham,
Alabama. He writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which advocated nonviolent civil disobedience.
(Latifah Shakir, Lawrenceville, GA)
Page 99
2008
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, becomes the first African American to be elected president
of the United States, defeating Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain. (Linda Gray,
Indianapolis, IN)
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Grade 2 Timeline Quilt Focus (Biographies and Change Over Time)
Page 17-18 1619
A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
(Carolyn Crump, Houston, TX)
Page 9
1775
General George Washington reverses his earlier policy of rejecting the services of slaves and free
blacks in the army. Five thousand African-Americans serve during the Revolutionary War
including two predominantly black units in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, one in Rhode
Island. (Connie Horne, Elk Grove, CA)
Page 24-26 1849
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated
leaders of the Underground Railroad. (Deborah Grayson, East Point, GA)
Page 34
1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves"
within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free." (Cythia Catlin,San Pedro, CA)
Page 34
1865
Juneteeth is a holiday commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
State of Texas in 1865. Though Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had minimal immediate effect
on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in the Confederate States of America. Former
Texas didn't know they were free until 18 months later. (Renee Allen, Ellenwood, GA)
Page 80
1923
Garrett Augustus Morgan invents the traffic light. (Charlotte Hunter, Cincinnati, OH)
Page 77
1941
An all African American flying squadron was established in Tuskegee, Alabama; thus the
beginning of the Tuskegee Airmen. (Janice Hobson, Chicago, IL)
Page no reference in this book 1960
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall was the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the
South. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a call from the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in
the integration of the New Orleans School system. (Marion Coleman, Castro Valley, CA)
Page 92
1963
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham,
Alabama. He writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which advocated nonviolent civil disobedience.
(Latifah Shakir, Lawrenceville, GA)
Page 99
2008
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, becomes the first African American to be elected president
of the United States, defeating Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain. (Linda Gray,
Indianapolis, IN)
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Grade 3 Timeline Quilt Focus (Historical Events)
Page 17-18 1619
A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
(Carolyn Crump, Houston, TX)
Page 9
1775
General George Washington reverses his earlier policy of rejecting the services of slaves and free
blacks in the army. Five thousand African-Americans serve during the Revolutionary War
including two predominantly black units in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, one in Rhode
Island. (Connie Horne, Elk Grove, CA)
Page 24-26 1849
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated
leaders of the Underground Railroad. (Deborah Grayson, East Point, GA)
Page 34
1863
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring "that all persons held as slaves"
within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free."(Cythia Catlin, San Pedro, CA)
Page 34
1865
Juneteeth is a holiday commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
State of Texas in 1865. Though Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863, it had minimal immediate effect
on most slaves’ day-to-day lives, particularly in the Confederate States of America. Former
Texas didn't know they were free until 18 months later. (Renee Allen, Ellenwood, GA)
Page no page reference in this book
1868
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, defining citizenship. Individuals born or
naturalized in the United States are American citizens, including those born as slaves. This
nullifies the Dred Scott Case (1857), which had ruled that blacks were not citizens. (Maxine
Thomas, Jamestown, OH)
Page 77
1941
An all African American flying squadron was established in Tuskegee, Alabama; thus the
beginning of the Tuskegee Airmen. (Janice Hobson, Chicago, IL)
Page 99
1954
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. declares that racial segregation in schools is
unconstitutional. (Wendell Brown, Columbia, NC)
Page 86
1957
Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus.
Federal troops and the National Guard are called to intervene on behalf of the students, who
become known as the "Little Rock Nine." Despite a year of violent threats, several of the "Little
Rock Nine" manage to graduate from Central High. (Sandra Noble, Shaker Hts., OH)
Page 99
2008
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, becomes the first African American to be elected president
of the United States, defeating Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain. (Linda Gray,
Indianapolis, IN)
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