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Celebrate Benjamin Banneker

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Inventor, astronomer, surveyor, mathematician, clock maker. Learners celebrate the life of Benjamin Banneker by building creative analog clocks, making scale models, and solving problems related to surveying. The activities model the many accomplishments of an amazing man.

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Concepts
clocks, black history month, benjamin banneker, applied mathematics, analog clocks, scale, proportions, proportional reasoning, american inventors, african american history, famous african americans, ratios, scale factors, surveying
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social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Include the lesson as part of a unit on Black History Month, American inventors, or colonial history
Classroom Considerations
  • The link to the surveying lesson plan does not work
Pros
  • The 11-page packet includes lesson designed for K-5 and 6-12, photos examples of creative clocks, and a link to a video biography of Banneker
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