Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

Introduce course

Knitting

  ( 2 weeks)

Counted cross-stitch

  ( 2 weeks)

Read and discuss course outline

Discuss history of knitting

Understand the tools and supplies used in knitting

Choose needed supplies for knitting project

Complete knitting sampler

Discuss the popularity of counted cross-stitch

Outline the materials needed for a counted cross-stitch project

Choose materials for class project

Complete counted cross-stitch project

Knitting sampler

Counted cross-stitch project

C3

F1, , F3, F4

C3

F1, F2, F3, F4

October

Patchwork  Baby Quilt Project

  ( 8 weeks)

Outline the historic significance of quilting in America

Compare the different types of materials and tools used in quilting

Choose materials needed for baby quilt

Practice cutting out and constructing quilt

Complete baby quilt project

Stitching charts

Quilt block sample

Completed baby quilt

C3,

F1, F2 ,F3, F4

November

Glass Beading

  ( 3 weeks)

Explain the art of glass beading

List and explain materials needed for a beading project

Choose beading project

Complete beading project

Completed beading project

C3

F1, F2, F3, F4

December

Embroidery

( 3 weeks)

Learn the basic embroidery stitches

Embroidery projects

C3

F1, F2, F3, F4

January

Distinguish the difference between regular embroidery and crewel embroidery

Select needed materials for a crewel embroidery and a regular embroidery project

Complete a regular embroidery and/or a crewel embroidery project