Dear Benjamin Banneker |
Publication Information
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Author: Pinkney, Andrea |
Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian |
Title: Dear Benjamin Banneker |
Date: 1994 |
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co |
City: San Diego, CA |
ISBN, paperback: 0-15-200417-3 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
The book tells the life story of Benjamin Banneker, an 18th-century African-American scientist. The book begins with two pages of data from the author, placing Banneker in an historical context. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book provides information about a distinguished man who has been often overlooked by historians and scientists. Since the book is not driven by its plot, teachers may want to combine this with others in a unit on biography, on scientists, on African-American heroes, or on post-Revolutionary War history (including the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, or Thomas Jefferson). Or teachers may want to introduce students to the idea of the almanac and offer this book as a read-aloud for background information.
web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA-H/Banneker.html |
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