Benjamin Banneker by Charles Nolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf by Charles Nolde en-us 2019-02-27 16:40:12 UTC 2023-03-25 03:43:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a former slave women. He had little education and was mainly self taught cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335991099 2019-02-27 16:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335991099 He was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist, and farmer. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335991364 2019-02-27 16:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335991364 He helped Thomas Jefferson on the topics of slavery and racial equality. Banneker's knowledge about astronomy helped him create a series of almanacs. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335993332 2019-02-27 16:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/335993332 in 1750, Benjamin envinter americas first clock cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336437362 2019-02-28 15:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336437362 Then in 1789, Banneker accurately predicted a solar eclipse. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336438067 2019-02-28 15:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336438067 Then, Thomas Jefferson was impressed by his skills recomended him to be a part of a surveying team to lay out Washington, D.C. Appointed to the threeman team by president George Washington cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336440004 2019-02-28 15:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336440004 Benjamin Banneker saw astronomical patterns from which he could make calculations and predictions. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336442210 2019-02-28 15:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336442210 In 1775 Banneker's mother dies, leaving him in charge of the family farm cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336445756 2019-02-28 15:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336445756 In 1972, Banneker publishes the first of his almanacs. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336447987 2019-02-28 15:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336447987 In 1993 Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson, secretary of state, to criticize Jefferson for his proslavery stance cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336452432 2019-02-28 15:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336452432 in 1997, Due, to declining sales, Banneker's last almanac is published. cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336462164 2019-02-28 15:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336462164 Banneker dies in his small cabin in Baltimore, Maryland after selling his farm in 1997. He died in 1806 cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336462776 2019-02-28 15:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/336462776 https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=zq-TPVrOF1E cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/338461212 2019-03-06 16:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/338461212 Image result for picture of benjamin banneker cnolde https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/338464058 2019-03-06 16:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cnolde/1nkcnpbr0caf/wish/338464058