George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

Written by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel

Objective

• To retell events in the story

• Identify elements of biography

Words to know

• agriculture

• fertilizer

• inventor

• professor

• segregated

• sharecroppers

Who was George Washington Carver?

A famous African American scholar who lived when most black people weren't allowed to attend college

Elements of a Biography

• information about a person's life, accomplishments, and how they influenced the world

• the book is written by someone else

Time to Read the Book

Retell the Events on p14-17

Multiple Choice

What personality traits helped George Washington Carver to become a successful college graduate and teacher?

• He felt his skills and educational background were limited.

• He was hardworking, always tried his hardest, and didn't give up his dream.

• He gave up easily and was easily frustrated when he was told no.

• He was strong and became a fast runner.

Multiple Choice

When he grew up, Carver became a professor, which is

• q person who creates, designs, or builds something that did not exist before.

• a farmer who works on land owned by others.

• a college or university teacher who teaches in a specialized field.

• a person who raises livestock.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences tells about a problem?

• Each year the crop was smaller and farmers were poorer.

• Professor Carver taught the farmers that dead leaves could be added to the soil like fertilizer.

• Planting sweet potatoes, peas, or peanuts in the fields helped increase the nutrients in the soil.

• These new crops were foods that farmers could eat.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of something Carver accomplished?

• He became the first black professor at his college.

• He successfully taught farmers to fertilize and rotate crops.

• He spoke before members of the U.S. Congress and help encouraged them to help peanut farmers.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What happened next after George was not allowed to stay at the Kansas college he planned to attend?

• He received a scholarship to attend the college.

• His friends encouraged him to try another college.

• Susan taught him to read and write.

• He met Thomas Edison, who offered him a high paying job.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following tells what an inventor is?

• a person who creates, designs, or builds something that did not exist before

• a farmer who works on lands owned by others in return for part of the profit from the crops.

• a college or university teacher who teaches in a specialized field

• a person who raises livestock

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows the great influence Carver had on the world?

• His mother was a slave, so George was born a slave, too.

• When George got to the college, he was not allowed to stay because the college did not accept black students.

• He won the respect of a nation at a time when few black people got much respect at all.

• He could not change the unfair conditions that kept many farmers in the South poor.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following happened after Carver spoke for his full ten minutes in front of the U.S. Congress?

• Some of the members laughed and made fun of him.

• He invented up to 300 uses for the peanut.

• He went to Alabama to help other poor farmers there.

• When his ten minutes were up, they asked him to speak more.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an opinion about George Washington Carver?

• Carver spent forty-seven years helping poor farmers.

• Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect.

• Carver believed that people should respect and care for the earth.

• Carver was a very interesting and intelligent man.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence helps readers know that George and his brother didn't have parents?

• When the Civil War ended in 1865, George and his older brother, Jim, were freed.

• The Carvers gave the orphaned boys a home.

• Susan taught George to read, write, and sew.

• George taught himself about the local plants and animals

Open Ended

What are some problems Carver had to overcome that ultimately shaped who he was as a person?

Open Ended

How did Susan's teaching young George to read and write change his life and how might George's life have been different if he hadn't been educated?