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RECORD NUMBER: 9 OF 12| Main Title | Math of the United States / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Swienciki, Lawrence W. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Key Curriculum Press ; [Spectrum Educational Supplies, distributor], | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | 203468 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 613472247 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781559534925; 1559534923 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Multicultural education--Study and teaching--Posters ; Quilts--United States--Design--Posters ; Mathematics--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States--Posters ; United States--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Quilts--Design ; Study skills | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 1 poster : color ; 62 x 93 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | "Copyright, Lawrence W. Swienciki, Ph. D., 1996"--Poster. Poster originally published by L.W. Swienciki, Educational Materials, Inc., Santa Fe, NM., copyright 1996. Republished by Key Curriculum Press, 200-?. Republication information, including ISBN, from publisher website. Title from poster. |
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| Contents Notes | The poster's central panel depicts an intricate star design for a quilt, generated from a 45À angle rhombus element, plus traditional quilt designs: hexagonal, Mariner's Compass, Log Cabin, African American, Lakota and Hawaiian. The wide borders show a continually expanding geometric star pattern. The text box at the bottom outlines the history of quilting in the United States, and explains the intricacies of quilt design in mathematical terms, in colour, cultural traditions, and aspects of technique. |