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George Washington

Carver

Your State Your Standards Your Grade Level

America, My Country

American Heroes

By Doraine Bennett

Clarke C. Scott, M. A.

Content Consultant

Dear Educators, Librarians and Parents...

Thank you for choosing books from State Standards Publishing! This book supports state Departments of Educations

standards for elementary level social studies and has been measured by the ATOS Readability Formula for Books (Accel -

erated Reader), the Lexile Framework for Reading, and the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System for Guided

Reading. Photographs and/or illustrations, captions, and other design elements have been included to provide supportive

visual messaging to enhance text comprehension. Glossary and Word Index sections introduce key new words and help

young readers develop skills in locating and combining information. Think With Bagster questions provide teachers and

parents with tools for additional learning activities and critical thinking development. We wish you all success in using this

book to meet your student or childs learning needs.

Jill Ward, President

Publisher

State Standards Publishing, LLC

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Hamilton, GA 31811

USA

1.866.740.3056

www.statestandardspublishing.com

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931734

ISBN-13: 978-1-935884-37-8 (hardcover)

ISBN-13: 978-1-935884-46-0 (paperback)

ISBN-13: 978-1-684442-71-3 (e-book)

Copyright 2012 by State Standards Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this book may

be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission

from the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota, August 2011, 060611.

1 2 3 4 5 - CG - 15 14 13 12 11

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

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Prior Lake, MN 55372

About the Author

Doraine Bennett has a degree in professional writing from Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and has been

writing and teaching writing for over twenty years. She is a published author of numerous books for children, as well as

magazine articles for both children and adults. She is the editor of the National Infantry Associations Infantry Bugler maga -

zine. Doraine enjoys reading and ower gardening. She lives in Georgia with her husband, Cliff.

About the Content Consultant

Clarke C. Scott holds degrees from Central Michigan University and has 31 years of experience as a classroom teacher,

building principal and system-wide administrator. Clarke currently serves as Director of Middle School Education and

Lead Director for History with Pittsylvania County Schools in Virginia. He enjoys hiking, kayaking, caving, and exploring

Virginias and our nations history. He shares his adventures both above and underground with his wife, Joyce, and three

grown children.

Table of Contents

George and the Slave Stealers ........ 5

The Plant Doctor ..................... 7

George, the Student ................. 9

George, the Teacher ................. 11

Building a Lab ....................... 13

What About Peanuts? .............. 15

No Waste . ....... ..... ....... ...... .

The Moving School .................. 19

George, the Helper ................. 21

Glossary ............................ 22

Word Index ........................... 23

Think With Bagster .................. 24

Hi, Im Bagster!

Lets learn about

American Heroes.

George Washington Carver was born in Missouri .

Time Line

About 1864

Born

George Washington Carver was born

in Missouri. His mother was a slave .

George was a slave, too. Moses and

Susan Carver were their owners . People

owned slaves. This was called slavery .

One day bad men stole George and

his mother. George was found . But his

mother was never seen again.

George and the Slave

Stealers

George took care of the garden , like this boy.

Time Line

About 1864

Born

1865

Slavery ends

America fought a war . The war ended

slavery . George was free . Moses and

Susan raised George . They were kind

to him . Susan taught him to read .

George was sick a lot . So he worked in

the kitchen with Susan . He learned

to cook . He took care of the garden .

George loved plants . People called him

the plant doctor .

The Plant Doctor

George went to a school for African Americans .

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About 1864

Born

1865

Slavery ends

1890

Studies art

George could not go to school with

white children. He went to a school for

African Americans. It was far from

home. George had to move. Later

George wanted to study art. But the

school was for white students . So he

went to school in Iowa . He liked drawing

and painting . He liked to sew and knit,

too. He made things for his friends.

George , the Student

George went to Tuskegee Institute .

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About 1864

Born

1865

Slavery ends

1890

Studies art

George still loved nature. He studied

farming. George became a scientist.

He learned all about plants. Booker T .

Washington had a school in Alabama. It

was called Tu s k e g e e Institute. It was a

school for African American students .

Booker asked George to be a teacher.

George and Booker wanted to help poor

people have better lives.

George , the Teacher

1896

Goes to Tu s k e g e e

George and his students built a lab .

Time Line

About 1864

Born

1865

Slavery ends

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