
This Walking Classroom lesson discusses the famous educator and scientist, George Washington Carver. Carver was a former slave with a passion for learning. He became a professor at the Tuskegee Institute and helped educate poor farmers about how to care for their soil so it would produce healthy crops year after year. Carver took an undesirable crop, peanuts, and through experimentation developed meaningful and desirable ways that it could be used. This discovery changed the lives of poor cotton farmers.
Character Value: Passion
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RST.6-8.4
Next Generation Science Standards
PS–Physical Science | LS–Life Science | ESS–Earth and Space Science | ETS–Engineering, Technology and the Application of Science Elementary School: 4-LS1-1, 5-LS1-1, 5-LS2-1Middle School: MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7
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Details projects by Swazi teens from farming families that improve the productivity and sustainability of farming practices.
Learn more about George Washington Carver’s life and work with a virtual visit to this site. View a video introduction and explore other resources.
Test knowledge of George Washington Carver with this online quiz from Ducksters Education Site.
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