Elementary - Middle School
- Lesson Plans for Elementary - Middle School grade levels |
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Ben and Me |
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Author(s): |
D. Kathleen Myers |
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5th grade Reading & Social Studies
Six, 60-minute class periods
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Students will explore and discover societal issues as they relate to the time-period of America’s beginning as a nation during the life of Benjamin Franklin. Students will understand the connection between historical facts and historical fiction and be able to distinguish fact from fiction or make-believe. |
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Ben Franklin and his Kite |
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Author(s): |
Carol Baldridge |
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The class will have read What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz (small groups, reading aloud, stopping for whole class discussions) |
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Ben Franklin, Scientist: Electricity |
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Author(s): |
Linda Ruehle |
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4th to 5th grade level |
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To familiarize students with Ben Franklin’s scientific accomplishments. To observe how Leyden jars collect and discharge electricity. |
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Benjamin Franklin Invention Riddles |
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Author(s): |
Julie Candland |
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3rd grade |
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As a class research Benjamin Franklin’s inventions. Discuss the inventions and what problem the inventions solved. |
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Colonial America Independent Study/Project |
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Author(s): |
Mrs. Kelleher |
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Inventions and their impact |
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Author(s): |
Debbie Easley |
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Grade Level: |
5th grade |
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Inventions and their impact on economy and society in the past and present. |
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Read Aloud about Benjamin Franklin |
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Author(s): |
Rebecca Jones |
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Students will be able to write a letter connecting Franklin’s inventions to their everyday lives. |
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What's the Big Idea worksheet |
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Author(s): |
Carol Baldridge |
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3rd to 4th grade level |
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As part of a larger Benjamin Franklin unit, the class reads What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin? The reading is done in groups and chorally. The following worksheet accompanies Jean Fritz’s What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? It is designed to introduce 3rd grade students to pulling information out of a non-fiction text. It is not meant to be comprehensive for the book. |
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Middle School - High School
- Lesson Plans for Middle School - High School grade levels |
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Benjamin Franklin and his Philadelphia |
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Author(s): |
Gail Kenkel |
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Grade Level: |
5th (gifted) and above |
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Benjamin Franklin: An Illustrated Character Sketch |
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Author(s): |
Barbara Fowler
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Grade Level: |
Middle School grade level |
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The student will examine the life of Benjamin Franklin and identify contributions that he made to improve the lifestyle of early colonist through his personal and political activities. |
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Colonial Writers and the American Dream |
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Author(s): |
Denise Ferguson and Lorie Russell |
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Grade Level: |
11th Grade Language Arts |
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Overview: |
Explore the writings of the Colonial writers and their role in creating a separate American Identity giving hope and birth to the American Dream. On the block schedule, these activities would take approximately 30 minutes each day with much of the reading done outside of class. If you elect to read the assigned readings in class, the activities would take longer. |
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Innovation and Invention |
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Author(s): |
Unknown |
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Interpreting Ben Franklin through art |
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Author(s): |
Amy O’Hearn |
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9th to 12th grade levels intended for American Literature or American Studies |
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Interpreting Benjamin Franklin and the Eighteenth Century American Through Art |
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
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Author(s): |
Alice Nishimoto |
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Grade Level: |
5th grade or above |
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There is so much to learn about Benjamin Franklin and his contributions. One way that students can get to know him is to read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. In this lesson, students will be working in cooperative groups of 4 and each group will receive a copy of the Autobiography. They will read it and record what they found out about Benjamin Franklin in his early life. They will also report to the class. After the reading and oral presentation, students will view a Powerpoint presentation to learn about his later life. |
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You were there with Ben |
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Author(s): |
Al Saddic |
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Grade Level: |
Middle School or High School |
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Overview: |
Students are asked to write a 400-500 word account (narrative) of his or her experiences with Ben Franklin. |
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