By: Azaria Franklin, Bryan Peters,Evan Barragate and Jamelle Miller-Baker

Birth & ChildhoodBorn in Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864Mom: Mary, slaveMary had 2 kids: James and GeorgeSlave raiders took Mary and baby George, baby

George was found on the side of the roadSusan Moses Carver took care of the kidsThey are slave ownersHe stutteredWhen he was 12 he left the CarversHe was the 7th kidIn March 1847 in Brooklyn, NY the Smith family

gathered for a celebration

Adult Family Life & DeathWhen George was older he changed his name

to George WashingtonHe went to college in 1896 at Tuskegee

Institute (Alabama)- black people- plants and farming

Carver taught Science at Tuskegee InstituteHenry Ford gave him money to build a labDied January 5, 1943

Likes & DISLIKESLIKES DISLIKESPlantsAnimalsRead bible

Bad peopleDisrespectful people

INITIATIVES / CONTRIBUTIONSScience teacherTaught about growingArtistsTaught for 47 yearsPeanut products in 1921

Interesting FactsOctober 9, 1835: Moses Carver

bought George’s mother for $7,0001875: Free to go to school1884: Finish high schoolCotton stopped growing well…find a

way to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes

Peanuts made: cheese, ink, and soapSweet potatoes: made molasses,

rubber, and glueGrew peanutsMade over 300 products from

peanutsOwned one suitAlways took bag on walk to collect

thingsBuilt own farmHelped the poor

Monuments / Statues / Memorials

Statue in Diamond Grove, Missouri

IB ATTITUDES & ATTRIBUTESCURIOSITY: TO LEARN ABOUT PLANTSRESPECT: WE CAN RESPECT HIM HE

TOLD PEOPLE TO PLANT PEANUTS AND SWEET POTATOES

THINKER: PLANTED PEANUTSRISK-TAKER: INVENTED WAYS TO

GROWPEANUTS AND SWEET POTATOES

Key ConceptsResponsibility : Water Reflection : Invented new things because

cotton wasn’t growing very wellConnection: I like to invent, too !

QuestionsAzaria : How old were you when you died?Bryan: I wonder why you had a mustache.Evan : Did you use the peanut soap that you

invented?Jamelle : When did you start science?

Closing P-E-A-N-U-T-S