Click to listen Lets Learn About Benjamin Franklin

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Click to listen Ben Franklin's Life • 1730 Ben marries • • • 1737 Poor Richard’s Almanac Timeline Click to take a quiz

Click to listen • Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. • He only spent two years in the local school because of lack of money.

Click to listen • Ben Franklin began teaching himself the basics of geometry and algebra. He also studied and partially mastered many different languages. • At age 12, Ben began working at his brother’s printing shop.

Benjamin Franklin the Printer. Click to listen • From 1723 to 1730, Ben worked as a printer. • He became partial owner of a print shop in 1728. • In 1729, Ben started The Pennsylvania Gazette.

Click to listen • In 1730 Ben married Deborah Read. • Benjamin had two sons named William and Francis. • Ben also had a daughter named Sarah.

Click to listen Ben wrote Poor Richard's Almanac. He also wrote many sayings that people still use today. "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. “ "Snug as a bug in a rug. "

He died on April 17 1790 at the age of 84. • When Benjamin Franklin was 22 years old, he wrote the epitaph that he imagined might be carved on his tombstone. By the time he actually died at age 84, he had changed his mind. • The Epitaph of Young Benjamin Franklin • The body of B. Franklin, Printer (Like the Cover of an Old Book Its Contents torn Out And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding) Lies Here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be Lost; For it will (as he Believ'd) • Benjamin Franklin's Final Epitaph • Benjamin and Deborah Franklin: 1790

Click to listen Do You Know About Ben Franklin’s Life? 1. Ben Franklin worked as a printer. True False 2. Ben Franklin wrote The Star Spangled Banner. True False 3. Ben started the newspaper called the Pennsylvania Gazette. Do you need to review Ben’s life? Go back!

Ben Franklin's Inventions Click to listen Odometer 1762 Stove 1744 • 1730 Ben marries • • • Lightning Rod Bifocals 1784 • 1737 Poor Richard’s Almanac Armonica 1760 Timeline Do you need to review Ben’s life? Go back! Click to take a quiz

Click to listen Ben Franklin the Inventor • Bifocals • A Glass armonica • The Lightning Rod • An Odometer • Franklin Stove Click to take a quiz

Bifocals Click to listen Ben invented reading glasses called bifocals. Bifocals are eyeglasses that have split lenses. One half of the lens helps a person see close and one half of the lens helps a person see far away.

A Glass Armonica • Ben Franklin also invented a glass harmonica. Different size bowls with holes and corks in the center were put onto a spindle and rotated by foot pedal. Dampened fingers rubbed the edges to produce the beautiful sounds. Click to listen

The Lightning Rod Click to listen Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod. It was attached to a building, and would attract lightning. Then the rod would direct lightning down to the ground so that it wouldn't hit the building.

Click to listen An Odometer Ben went out riding one day in his carriage to measure the routes. He needed a way to keep track of the distance. Ben invented an odometer and attached it to his carriage.

A Wood Stove Click to listen Ben Franklin invented an iron furnace stove. It allowed people to safely warm their homes using less wood. Franklin Stove

Which Invention Was Ben Franklin’s? Click to listen Click on the correct answer. 1. The electric light bulb 2. The first controllable airplane 3. The lightning rod 4. The harmonic telegraph Do you need to review Ben’s inventions? Go Back

Click to listen Ben Franklin the Statesman • 1730 Ben marries • • • 1737 Poor Richard’s Timeline Do you need to review Ben’s inventions? Go back! Click to take a quiz

Ben Franklin the Statesman Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

The 13 Colonies • During the fight for independence, Ben Franklin was sent to Europe to represent the 13 colonies.

Ben Signed All Five Documents That Established American Independence: • the Declaration of Independence • the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France • the Treaty of Alliance with France • the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain • the Constitution of the United States of America Click to listen

• In 1775, Ben Franklin was elected to the Continental Congress. • When Ben was eighty-one, He was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.

Click to listen Do You Know About Ben Franklin the Statesman? 1. Ben Franklin signed the Constitution of the United States. True False 2. Ben Franklin was a member of the Continental Congress. True False 3. Ben Franklin’s famous line was “The British are coming!” True False If you need to review Ben the Statesman? Go back.

Ben Franklin Was a Great Man! Take a final quiz Now you’re ready to do some research on your own. Click on the picture. Do you need to start the presentation over. Go Back.

Sorry, Try Again. Thomas Edison Invented the Light Bulb, Not Ben Franklin.

Great Job! • Your are right! It was Benjamin Franklin who invented the lightning rod. Ben Franklin Word Search

Sorry, Try Again. Orville and Wilbur Wright Invented the First Controllable Airplane.

Sorry, Try Again. Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Harmonic Telegraph

You’re Right! Ben Franklin did not write The Star Spangled Banner. Francis Scott Key wrote the words in 1814

Good Job! Paul Revere said, “The British are coming!” The year was 1775.

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