Timeline: George Washington Carver

Questions

1. Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1906?

   Moved with his parents to Canada Began part-time work as a physicist at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town Started a wagon school that brought farming lessons to rural farmers Began studying why wine and milk spoiled
2. Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Earned a degree in agriculture from Iowa State."

   1864 1894 1943 1896
3. Read a timeline On the timeline, what happened next after "Earned a degree in agriculture from Iowa State"?

   Was made a member of a British society of arts Began teaching at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Carver is born in Diamond, Missouri Started a wagon school that brought farming lessons to rural farmers
4. Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was George Washington Carver born?

   White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Diamond, Missouri Nyeri, Kenya Warsaw, Poland
5. Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?

   17 22 52 32
6. Text features Why is a timeline a good way to show this information?

   It explains the meaning of words. It shows how big things are. It shows events in the order they happened. It shows where places are on a map.

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