The Story of Benjamin Banneker
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In this online activity you can choose to  accomplish one or more of the following tasks.

First you will use the resource sheet or Inspiration template to create a timeline of Benjamin Banneker's life. Click on the Timeline button above to start learning about Benjamin Banneker.

Next you will use Kid Pix or a drawing program to identify the natural and capital resources Benjamin needed to make a clock and how the clock is an important capital resource to workers today.  Click on the Clock button above to learn more about Benjamin Banneker's clock.

Benjamin Banneker was the first African American to have written and published an almanac.  Next you will examine pages from the almanac by Benjamin Banneker, as well as modern almanacs such as Old Farmer's Almanac and the World Almanac for Kids.  Click on the Almanac button above to get started.