Freedom Quilts

Freedom Quilts – Secret Code

• Secret code for the Underground Railroad

• Were displayed as signals to slaves

• Hung on porches or fences

Log Cabin

• Safe place

Wagon Wheel – Pack for Journey

Shoofly – This person will help you

Tumbling Blocks - Escape

Pack up and get ready, a conductor is near

Star

Follow the north star to Canada to freedom

Flying Geese

• Follow the directions of the birds as they go north in the spring

Drunkard Path

• A warning signal – follow a zig zag path to avoid slave hunters and dogs

Bowtie

• You must wear a disguise – change your slave clothes

Sailboat

• Water nearby or boat available

Crossroads

• Cleveland, Ohio is near a crossroad to many paths of freedom

• Place where many routes meet

Bear Claw

• Follow bear tracks

it may lead to food and water

Monkey Wrench

• A carpenter will help you

Reflection Symmetry

• Reflection Symmetry• Reflection Symmetry (sometimes called Line

Symmetry or Mirror Symmetry) is easy to see, because one half is the reflection of the other half.

Rotational Symmetry

• Rotational Symmetry

• With Rotational Symmetry, the shape or image can be rotated and it still looks the same.

Point Symmetry

• Point Symmetry• It looks the same Upside Down!

... or from any two opposite directions