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| Learning English the Cultural Way |
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| Book Description Mrs. Mitchell's elementary students in her English as a Second Language (ESL) class happily make quilts to show the histories and cultures of America and their native lands. Sewing by hand and machine, they create wonderful creations that are a mixture of fabric, art, photography, and poetry. In their journey through the school year, Mrs. Mitchell teaches the ESL students important facts, dates, and events that they share with each other, their families, and friends. They always have fun and excitement "learning English the cultural way." For ages 10 and up. Gail Mitchell’s poetry and creative quilting projects highlight and record the unique multicultural experiences that her elementary students have while learning in her English as a Second Language class. The stunning illustrations cleverly merge her photographs with colorful and whimsical designs that delight all ages of children and adults. There is universal praise for her wonderful achievement as both teacher and textile-literary artist. Reviewers love Gail and Learning English the Cultural Way I consider myself very lucky to have had Gail Mitchell among my students at New York University studying Jazz Chanting, Music and Poetry. She is one of those gifted natural teachers and brings so much good energy and creativity with her. I love her Culture Quilts and the way she uses them to honor and inform the class on the various cultures represented in her classrooms. I'm sure her students feel very lucky and happy , as I did when Gail Mitchell walks into the room.
Multilingual Multicultural Studies, Department of Teaching and Learning The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University to the ways women have traditionally kept records of themselves, their families and their communities through quilting. Some people pass through moments and events without reflection; Gail Mitchell makes memories meaningful with the images and signatures she records on quilts that recall people, places, and events. More than a mere "recorder" of events, her quilts are visually stunning chapters that record a history which continues to unfold.
Director of Education and Visitor Services Bucks County Historical Society, Pennsylvania a beautiful and historic quilt honoring Paul Robeson that hangs in my office. Every day that I look at it, I am reminded of how her quilting provides historical lessons of the past. As an artisan and teacher, she creates quilts that educate our children.
of the Transcultural New Jersey Arts and Education Initiative by fostering cross-cultural dialog and linking together diverse ethnic communities. Mitchell enriches the school curricula by working with her ESL students from West-Windsor Plainsboro School District on the creation of quilts that celebrate diversity by promoting intercultural understanding that results in a deeper understanding of and appreciation for each other’s origins, customs and celebrations. As a teaching and oral history tool, these quilts also enable students to appreciate how they are an important part of the multiplicity of ethnic groups that blend together and constitute both the state of New Jersey and America. Gail Mitchell celebrates and honors her African American heritage in her machine and hand stitched quilts, including ethnic African fabrics, that feature black leaders and achievers, in addition to representing herself and people from her life in the appliquéd photo transfers. Her fiber works also address historical subject matter, such as the topic of the slave ship Amistad’s immigration to America. In this quilt and others, she often writes poetry that is either part of the quilt’s subject matter or may be displayed adjacent to a quilt, thereby linking her poetic expression of the student’s experience of their homeland and the United States to her fiber creations. This was exemplified by an assignment introducing ESL students to her heritage. Mitchell assigned a research and documentation project exploring the various countries, languages and cultures that comprise the African continent. This resulted in the Motherland quilt, accompanied by a commemorative poem to which each student transferred their photos onto squares and recorded their own names and country of origin.
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