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Connecting Threads: Quilts as Symbols in Adolescent Literature

Quilting is a functional art form that has been practiced by generations of American women. In the past, quilting provided women with an outlet for personal expression. Learning to quilt acted as a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. Quilting provided women with a means of recording their personal histories as well as an opportunity for socializing: quilting bees were social occasions that allowed women to gather together and establish connections with each other as they connected their quilt pieces. Feminist history has recognized the quilt as an important symbol for women. Quilts represent strength, resiliency and the creative spirit that allowed women to cope with death, poverty and other hardships. In texts for adolescents , quilts are used to help women overcome such hardships and represent the strong bonds of love and family that female characters create within the home. Examining adolescent novels that make use of the quilt as a symbol reveals a series of images reflecting the role of women and young girls as storytellers, historians and keepers of the family. The way feminine roles are depicted accurately illustrates not only the community between women established by quilting, but also the strong bonds that quilts symbolize between generations of women. The connections made between characters within the stories while stitching together the quilts are vital to the development of young women. Young girls need connections to grow and communicate, and a united family, represented in adolescent novels by the patchwork quilt, provides these connections. In these novels, the creation of quilts helps characters explore issues of trust, love and acceptance of themselves and others. The quilt acts as a unifying force for women in young adult novels in much the same way it acted as a connecting force among women in the past. This sense of unity encourages feminine development, and the quilt acts as a material manifestation of the young girl\u27s coming of age. The quilts in adolescent novels act to bring together female characters through history and across time. Adolescent novels often use quilts to represent family history and connections passed through generations of characters. In this way, the quilt as a symbol in adolescent literature mirrors its role in women\u27s histories. Historically, by uniting women and providing an artistic outlet when few others were offered, quilts offered new meaning to what began as a simple domestic task. In adolescent novels, the creation of quilts becomes a labor of love uniting characters, telling stories, and providing a means of expression for women

Literature Curriculum for Secondary Students with Varied Learning Styles

Certain literary works in the secondary English curriculum no doubt adapt themselves more readily than others to teaching methods other than the traditional, verbal style of teaching. This study has sought to develop a literature curriculum incorporating the study of Julius Caesar for secondary English students which focuses on students\u27 needs and interests, as described by their individual learning styles. Results of this study indicated that teachers of English will need to continue to modify the literature curriculum in order to address the learning styles of their students

Connecting Threads: Quilts as Symbols in Adolescent Literature

Quilting is a functional art form that has been practiced by generations of American women. In the past, quilting provided women with an outlet for personal expression. Learning to quilt acted as a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. Quilting provided women with a means of recording their personal histories as well as an opportunity for socializing: quilting bees were social occasions that allowed women to gather together and establish connections with each other as they connected their quilt pieces. Feminist history has recognized the quilt as an important symbol for women. Quilts represent strength, resiliency and the creative spirit that allowed women to cope with death, poverty and other hardships. In texts for adolescents , quilts are used to help women overcome such hardships and represent the strong bonds of love and family that female characters create within the home. Examining adolescent novels that make use of the quilt as a symbol reveals a series of images reflecting the role of women and young girls as storytellers, historians and keepers of the family. The way feminine roles are depicted accurately illustrates not only the community between women established by quilting, but also the strong bonds that quilts symbolize between generations of women. The connections made between characters within the stories while stitching together the quilts are vital to the development of young women. Young girls need connections to grow and communicate, and a united family, represented in adolescent novels by the patchwork quilt, provides these connections. In these novels, the creation of quilts helps characters explore issues of trust, love and acceptance of themselves and others. The quilt acts as a unifying force for women in young adult novels in much the same way it acted as a connecting force among women in the past. This sense of unity encourages feminine development, and the quilt acts as a material manifestation of the young girl\u27s coming of age. The quilts in adolescent novels act to bring together female characters through history and across time. Adolescent novels often use quilts to represent family history and connections passed through generations of characters. In this way, the quilt as a symbol in adolescent literature mirrors its role in women\u27s histories. Historically, by uniting women and providing an artistic outlet when few others were offered, quilts offered new meaning to what began as a simple domestic task. In adolescent novels, the creation of quilts becomes a labor of love uniting characters, telling stories, and providing a means of expression for women

An Evaluation of the Mechanical Behavior of Bronze-NI Composites Produced by Selective Laser Sintering

Mechanical properties of Bronze-Nickel composites produced by Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) were evaluated by constant displacement tension tests. These were studied as a function of SLS process parameters - laser power density, scan speed, scan spacing, scan direction and layer thickness. The strength data was then correlated to the microstructure and the part bulk density. To further enhance the part densities and the mechanical properties, post-SLS sintering was studied. The relationships between SLS process parameters, post-SLS sintering parameters and the resulting microstructures, part bulk density and the mechanical properties will be described.Mechanical Engineerin

Rapid Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide Composites

From the earliest days of SFF technology development, a viable technique for the direct manufacture of fully-functional parts has been a major technology goal. While direct metal methods have been demonstrated for a variety of metals including aluminum, steel and titanium, they have not reached wide commercial application due to processing speed, final material properties and surface finish. In this paper the development of an SLS-based rapid manufacturing (RM) platform is reviewed. The core of this platform is a thermosetting binder system for preform parts in contrast to the thermoplastic materials currently available for SLS. The preforms may include metal and/or ceramic powders. A variety of fully functional parts can be prepared from different combinations of materials and post processing steps including binder pyrolysis, free-standing alloy infiltration, room temperature polymer infiltration and machining. The main issues of these steps are reviewed followed by a discussion about the support of RM. This paper is an intermediate report additional materials, applications, process models and product design strategies will be incorporated into the project in the next year.Mechanical Engineerin