Economic Outcomes:

Students will develop economic reasoning to understand the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers participating in local communities, the nation, and the world.

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Objectives:

Students will be able to:

Activities:

Timeline Activity

The students will research the timeline of Benjamin Banneker's life.  A template for Inspiration is included.  The answer sheet is also included.

Clock Activity

The student will read about Benjamin Banneker's wooden clock. Next they will use Kid Pix or a drawing program to identify the natural and capital resources Benjamin needed to make a clock. The picture should be labeled as natural or capital resources correctly. A sentence should  be typed at the bottom or the student can write the sentence after the activity is printed.  Possible answers  include:  He used wood from trees, a natural resource; he used brass and iron made from metals, which were natural resources; His knife was a capital resource.  Students may also suggest that the ink, quill pen and paper helped him draw the gears, wheels, and pins so that he would know how to make the wooden parts. He cut the wood to make gears, wheels and pins and the other pieces for the clock, and he put them together in a wooden case.  He made a bell of iron and used brass for other parts. 

Almanac Activity

The students will examine almanacs online.  Next the students will each create a page of their class almanac using a word processing program.  After the students have  finished their pages, bind the almanac and place in the class library.