Please leave prairie in its natural state. Do not pick wildflowers. The Plant Doctor ... {Carver in Lab} George was often sick as a child, but this did not stop him from exploring and learning about everything around him. He loved flowers and plants, and even kept a secret garden in the woods not far from the house. Young George’s nickname was the “Plant Doctor.” Draw a picture of what you would put in a secret garden if you had one. [Illustration: Garden plants] A Carver Video ... {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 p z v z b f t m z i r t i n v e n t o r x f l e l e r u t l u c i r g a p f p e a n u t e d e c p l a n t d o c t o r h w k t s i t r a d f x e s c i e n t i s t e n r i a s p l a x r h g z i f k g m a j l e n k x h Dr. Carver Says ... {Carver in Lab} Read the Carver Quotes page. Write your favorite quote here ... ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Draw a picture about the quote. Carver Quotes.... {G. W. Carver} “_Day after day I spent in the woods alone in order to collect my floral beauties, and put them in my little garden I had hidden in brush not far from the house...._” _G. W. Carver_ “_I...