{Young George} Watch the Boyhood Carver video at the visitor center and answer the questions below. 1. The Moses Carver farm was located near what Missouri town? ______________________________ 2. What happened to George’s mother? ______________________________ 3. Did George do the easier chores or the harder chores on the Carver farm? ______________________________ 4. What are two things that George taught himself to do while on the Carver farm? ______________________________ ______________________________ 5. What did George use to teach himself how to read? ______________________________ Trailblazing ... {Young George} Hike the Carver trail where young George used his curiosity to find out about the world around him. Write about or draw three things you see while hiking the trail! [Illustration: The Carver trail leads to the 1881 Moses Carver House, Williams Pond, and Carver Family Cemetery.] Born Into Slavery ... {Carver in Lab} Fill in the Blanks: ask a Park Ranger, visit the museum, or watch a Carver video for the answers! George ______________________________ Carver was born into slavery during the Civil War near ______________________________, Missouri on a farm owned by Moses and ______________________________ Carver. Do you know that a slave is a person who is owned by someone else? Slaves must work for their owner and are not ______________________________ to do what they want to do. Outlaws stole George and his mother, ______________________________, from the Carver farm when George was very young. A man named John Bentley rescued George and returned him to the Carver farm, but his mother was lost and never seen again. The Carvers took George and his brother, ______________________________, into their home and raised them. George learned many things while living on the farm. He taught himself to ______________________________ by watching Mrs. Carver and imitating her hand movements. He also taught himself to ______________________________ using supplies that he had made out of berries and other natural materials. [Illustration: Palette, needles and thread] Carver Word Search ... {Carver in Lab} Find these words in the puzzle below: [_]agriculture [_]artist [_]plant doctor [_]inventor [_]peanut [_]scientist [_]teacher