Biographies

George Washington Carver begins our biography slide show that students will create and then hyperlink to their "electronic student portfolio."

At: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/gwcarver.htm you will find many facts about his life and contributions to the world of botany.

The following link is another site for teachers, parents, and students to learn more about this great person in history.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=George+Washington+Carver&FORM=BIFD#focal=981c1fc1559213cae3cee31c9868248d&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teachnet-lab.org%2Fmiami%2F2005%2Flinero3%2Fpictures%2Fgeorge_washington_carver.gif

The following facts are from this site:

Carver developed an interest in helping poor African-American farmers. Farmers in the south worked on poor soil, depleted of nitrogen by the annual cotton crops. Carver and his colleagues taught the farmers how to retain nutrients in the soil by using a crop rotation, a system in which the cotton crop was alternated with other crops such as soybeans, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Carver's crop rotation improved cotton yields and gave farmers additional crops from which they could earn money. In addition, Carver conducted numerous experiments on peanuts, soybeans, cowbeans and pecans, finding hundreds of practical uses for them including dyes, cosmetics, paints, plastics, and even gasoline.

Requirements:
When students create each weekly slide show presentation, they are to find 5 interesting facts about the person and place them on a slide either as bullets or in paragraph form. A photo of the person that they are learning about is also required.


“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
George Washington Carver

We have 2 songs that help us with our biographies. One is a wrap that we insert the person's name and details. "Good ol' George! Good ol' George! Good ol' George we salute you!" starts off the first song.
The second song teaches students how to look for a biography in the library. (It helps to have been a librarian for many years.)