The newest in our "Illustrating History" series. A great way to introduce your students to an amazing African American scientist of the 18th century - the book gives the basics of Banneker's life and room for students to illustrate as they learn.
A biography of the black tobacco farmer who taught himself math, astronomy, and clockmaking, became famous for his almanacs, and assisted in the original survey of Washington, D.C
The Discovery and Archeological Investigation of the Benjamin Banneker Homestead (18Ba282), Baltimore County, Maryland
What Are You Figuring Now: A Story of Benjamin Banneker by Jeri Ferris (2001-07-03)
BEDINI, S. A.: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER. THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST BLACK MAN OF SCIENCE
A sketch of the life of Benjamin Banneker: from notes taken in 1836 : read by J. Saurin Norris, before the Maryland Historical Society, October 5th, 1854
Born in 1731 to freed slaves on a farm in Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was obsessed with math and science. And his appetite for knowledge only grew as he taught himself astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and the study of the natural world. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua details the numerous accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker.
Lesson by Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, animation by Jun Zee Myers.
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