Ticktock Banneker’s Clock

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Ticktock Banneker’s Clock
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Series: History, American - Colonial Era
Genre: Picture Books
Tags: Ages 5-8, Ages 8-12
ASIN: 158536956X
ISBN: 158536956X

Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for that time period.

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Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits.

But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for that time period.

He was born free at a time in America when most African Americans were slaves.

Though he only briefly attended school and was largely self-taught, at a young age Benjamin displayed a keen aptitude for mathematics and science.

Inspired by a pocket watch he had seen, at the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife.

This picture book biography focuses on one episode in a remarkable life.

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