Book Detail

Dear Benjamin Banneker

Publication Information
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:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

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

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Government/Civics > Constitution
bullet History > time period > 18th Century
bullet History > region > U.S. history > American Revolution
bullet History > region > U.S. history > American Revolution > well-known people > Jefferson, Thomas
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights
bullet Literature and Language > almanac
bullet Science > astronomy
bullet Science > scientists/inventors > Banneker, Benjamin


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