B.T. Washington And G.W. Carver

High School, History, Virtual Field Trips

-Stand on the campus of Tuskegee University and learn about it’s founder, Booker T. Washington.
-Visit Washington’s home and examine the hand-crafted bricks, designed by George Washington Carver.
-Stop by Piedmont Park, in Atlanta, GA, to see where Washington made his famous speech, The Atlanta Compromise, and understand why it was deemed controversial by some.
-Learn about Carver’s boyhood and see where he grew up.
-Trace the bumpy path of Carver’s formal education through high school, to Simpson College, and then Iowa State.
-See the building where numerous inventions of Carver’s were hatched, many associated with the peanut.
-Stand in a cotton field as you learn about Carver’s greatest breakthrough in farming: crop rotation

Age Group: High School and Up
Category: Modern History
Platforms: Pico, Oculus Quest, Pico Neo 2, Pico Neo 3
Runtime: 20 min.

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