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laughs

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George Washington Carver

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some refer to him as the peanut man the

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plant doctor or the farmer's friend

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throughout his life George Washington

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Carver made many important scientific

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and educational contributions to the

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world

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let's travel back in time all the way to

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the 1800s to learn about the plant

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doctor

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George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver was born in

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1864 on a farm in Missouri

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the farm was owned by a man named Moses

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Carver who used the labor of enslaved

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people to farm his land both of George's

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parents were enslaved so his exact birth

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date isn't known

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when George was just a tiny baby

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something wild happened

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George one of his sisters and Mom were

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all kidnapped by Confederate Raiders and

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taken to Kentucky George was eventually

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found and he returned to the Carver Farm

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where he and his older brother James

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were raised by Moses Carver and his wife

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Susan as a young boy George didn't work

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in the fields like other boys his age

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instead he was taught how to work in the

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kitchen Garden how to tend to plants and

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how to make herbal medicines

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George loved doing this work and he was

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really good at it too

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he began to experiment with chemicals

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that help plants grow things like

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natural pesticides fungicides and soil

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conditioners George soon started

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creating his own special mixtures and

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combinations that helped him grow

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healthier plants and the word spread to

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other local farmers who started calling

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George the plant doctor because he knew

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exactly what types of chemicals

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different plants needed to survive and

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thrive he made quite a name for himself

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at a young age because of his new and

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interesting ideas

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at age 11 George left the farm to attend

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an all-black School in a town called

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Neosho

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and when he was about 13 years old

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George moved to Kansas to attend high

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school

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he graduated when he was 16 and made

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plans to attend college

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was an excellent student and earned a

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full scholarship to Highland

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Presbyterian College in Kansas

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unfortunately he was turned away the

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first day because he was black even

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though he was very discouraged he never

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gave up

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in 1888 24 year old George enrolled as

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the first black student at Simpson

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College in Iowa

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George first studied art and piano

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before switching to Botany which is the

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study of plants

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he transferred to Iowa State

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agricultural college now known as Iowa

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State University where he earned a

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bachelor's and master's degree

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George decided to stay and teach at Iowa

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while teaching there Booker T Washington

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a well-known leader in the black

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community

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invited George to teach agriculture at

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the Tuskegee Institute

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the Tuskegee Institute was one of the

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first black colleges in America

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George accepted the job and began

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teaching agriculture he taught there for

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47 years developing the agricultural

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Department into a strong Research Center

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that would be modeled by many other

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universities throughout the country

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George's main goal was to teach

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generations of black students new

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farming techniques like crop rotation so

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they could be self-sufficient and Thrive

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as a community

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cotton was one of the main crops grown

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in the South but growing cotton in the

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same place year after year wasn't good

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for the soil so the cotton wouldn't grow

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as well George discovered that if

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Farmers grew cotton one year and the

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next year grew something else like sweet

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potatoes or soybeans Not only would the

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soil be healthier but they'd have more

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crops to sell another major problem for

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cotton Growers was a pass called The

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Boll Weevil which would eat the cotton

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crop George discovered that boll weevils

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didn't like peanuts so he told Farmers

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to plant them instead

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but farmers were worried that they

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wouldn't be able to make much money from

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a peanut crop

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so George solved that problem by coming

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up with hundreds of new things that

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could be made from peanuts

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things like cooking oil clothing dyes

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Plastics and even fuel for cars that's

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why he's sometimes called the peanut man

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through crop rotation and Innovation

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George helped Farmers make crops

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profitable that gave the southern

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Farmers New Hope and they became

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successful using Carver's methods

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soon throughout the South Carver became

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known as the farmer's friend eventually

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the work he did became known throughout

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the world

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George Washington Carver died on January

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5th

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1943. his life savings of sixty thousand

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dollars was used to create the George

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Washington Carver Institute for

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agriculture at Tuskegee

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there is a monument dedicated to Carver

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in Diamond Missouri

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there are many other schools

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scholarships and honors named after him

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as well

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and January 5th is known as George

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Washington Carver recognition day

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now that our brains are full of fun

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facts let's review what we've learned

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true or false

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George Washington Carver's exact birth

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date is unknown

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what is one of George's nicknames

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did you remember peanut man or plant

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doctor

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or the farmer's friend

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good job George Washington Carver

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recognition day happens during which

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month

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January

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true or false one of George's main goals

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was to help black Farmers be

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self-sufficient and succeed

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true

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great job innovators

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though he was faced with lots of

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challenges George Washington Carver

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persisted and went on to become one of

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the most prominent names in American

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history

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he used his skills to help other people

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and has inspired Generations let's be

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like George and never give up hope you

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had fun learning with us visit us at

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