When Benjamin Banneker was twenty, he saw his first watch.  He had been studying the tall clock in the local store for a while.  Benjamin became fascinated with the watch.  The owner of the watch lent the watch to Benjamin.  He carefully wrapped it in a white cloth and put it way down in his pocket.  That night Benjamin began taking the watch apart.  Every evening he sat by the candlelight with his quill pen, ink, and paper.  Very carefully he copied every wheel, gear and pin.  He studied how the watch worked.  At the end of a week. he returned the watch to its owner.

Benjamin walked through the woods.  He looked for just the right pieces of wood.  He used his Grandma Molly's knife to carve the pieces of wood.  He worked for two years carving his wood pieces.  He also went to the blacksmith and bought small pieces of brass and iron.  When everything was ready, he put the pieces together like a puzzle.  After making a case, he put the wooden gears, wheels, and pins inside.  Then he added an iron bell.  He had made his own wooden clock, with a bell that stuck the hours!

Directions

1. Think about the economic  resources Benjamin Banneker needed to make his clock.

2. Using Kid Pix or another drawing program, create a visual to show  the natural and capital resources Benjamin used to make a clock.  

3. You can use stamps or create your own drawings. 

4. Label each resource as a natural or capital resource. Write a sentence at the bottom of the page to explain how Benjamin used these resources to produce a clock.  Explain how the clock is an important  resource for workers today.