GEORGE WASHINGTON CAVERBy : Ava and Kylie

WHERE DID HE GROW UP?

Neosho, Missouri

HOW DID HE CHANGE OUR STATE AND COUNTRY?

Mr. Carver made things like peanut milk, peanut candy, and peanut soap.

WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTING THINGS HE DID?

Carver taught school and many other things.

He played piano to raise money for the school.

CHARACTER TRAITS

Carver taught at Tuskegee because he wanted African Americans to have equality with other Americans.

Mr. Carver worked for many years to make things better for farmers.

FACT 1

During Mr. Carver’s life, science changed the food that people ate. By the 1920s, people could pack fruits and vegetables in cans.

FACT2

More people had refrigerators. This way people can eat and store more food.

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