Bibliography [ashley urena]

1. Litwin, Baskes, Laura. Benjamin Banneker Astronomer and Mathematician. African American Biographies. Enslow Publishers, Inc. 1999
2. Who was Benjamin Banneker?, The Benjamin Banneker Center. <http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html>
3. Benjamin Banneker. Biography resource center. 2001. <http://www.africawithin.com/bios/ben_banneker.htm>
4. The Facts of Science: Afriacan Americans in the Sciences. Mitchell C. Brown. 1995-2000 <https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/banneker.html>

Reflection

I thought this project was very fun and different. I actually like the thought of having a blog as a project. It was very fun for me to change my blog color and to type my blog post instead of printing out papers and hand them into our teacher.. I had learned many things about my person Benjamin Banneker. I don't have any questions from this point on about my person. I had a great time doing this project.

Statement of process

Well I started this project by finding out information on Benjamin banneker and just writing out my drafts of my blog posts. I would always change things up after my first draft.I didn't really have any steps just find information and try to answer all of the questions. I had learned a lot about my person.

10 sentences

10 Words
Sentences

1. Benjamin Banneker was a very loyal man.
2. He was always reliable, everyone always counted on him.
3. He became very successful in his life.
4. Even though he didn't go to school for a while he was still very educated.
5. Benjamin was also very intelligent, he loved to read.
6. He was very thoughtful, he would always help people in their time of need.
7. All of his work were very constructive.
8. He would always be willing to help.
9. He was a very enjoyable man, everyone loved being around him.
10. He was a very likable man, he always gave people a chance.

Photo of Me.

Benjamin Banneker

10 Vocabulary words

10 Words

Definitions

1. Loyal- faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product
2. Reliable- Suitable or fit to be relied on
3. Successful- gaining or having gained
4. Educated- based on some knowledge of fact
5. Intelligent- revealing or reflecting good judgement or sound thought
6. Thoughtful- absorbed in thought
7. Constructive- declared such by judicial construction or interpretation
8. Willing- prompt to act or respond
9. Enjoyable- to take pleasure or satisifaction in
10. Likable- having qualities that bring about a favorable regard

Would i be friends with Benjamin now?

I think I would be Benjamin Banneker's friend now if he was still alive because he was very successful in his life and he treated people with respect. He followed his dreams and I think he would be a very good role model. He always kept chasing his dreams and didn't stop doing what he wanted to do. He was a very kind person, he helped others in their time of need. He's the type of person that I would look up to.

What did he do for a living?

Benjamin Banneker did many things for a living. He made a clock entirely out of wood.
He had published an almanac but stopped publishing them due to the poor sales that were going on. He had helped with the sketch's of building our capital, Washington D.C.
He was the first African American mathematician and astronomer. Benjamin Banneker was very successful in his life.

His Hometown

Benjamin banneker was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. It was a very small town, and not a lot of people lived there. Benjamin Banneker spend most of his time in his family farm outside of Baltimore County, Maryland. When his parents died they had given the farm to Benjamin Banneker to take care of the animals and the plants.

Didn't have any enemies

Benjamin Banneker was a very kind and loyal man. He had no problems with anybody. He would always do people favors. He had no enemies/foes. He was a very close friend of Benjamin Rush though. Benjamin Rush was a Colonial doctor and writer who had helped bankroll the American Revolution. Everybody liked Benjamin Banneker.

5 facts

• Benjamin Banneker taught himself literature, history, mathematics, and he enjoyed reading.
• Benjamin Banneker memory's were still kept alive by authors that wrote about his achievements as an African American scientist.
• He was a author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, a publisher and a urban planner
• He published an almanac, but stopped publishing because of poor sales.
• Benjmain Banneker helped Pierre L'Enfant which was the articet of planning Washington D.C. He was suddenly dismissed from the project and he took the plans with him. Benjamin Banneker recreated the plans by memory. If it wasn't for Benjamin Theyt would have needed to find another person to design the capital.
  

when he died

Benjamin Banneker never got married. He died on October 9, 1806. He was buried in the family burial ground near his house. No one knew how he died or from what. Benjamin Banneker was a very helpful man. Benjamin Banneker had did many accomplishments in his entire life.

When i grew older

When I grew older I became very successful. At the age of 21 I had saw a patent watch. This watch changed my life. This watch had belonged to a man named Josef Levi. He had given me the watch. I had taken the watch apart to see how it really worked. I had then made very similar watch pieces out of wood and made my own clock. This was the first clock to be made completely in America! It struck every hour, on the hour, for forty years! This led me to repairing watches, clocks and even sundials. I had even helped Joseph Ellicott to build a complex clock.