People in the United States have used pencils for a long time. Benjamin Franklin published a newspaper. The newspaper listed pencils for sale in 1729. George Washington used a three-inch pencil for his work in 1762. His job was to map the Ohio Territory. He drew the map with a pencil.
Now, write a paragraph explaining how the pencil got in George Washington’s hand as he drew the map of the Ohio Territory. Use the following terms in your paragraph: