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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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Benjamin Franklin Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Benjamin Franklin

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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Benjamin Franklin Short Biography

Description: This is a short biography on Benjamin Franklin for younger grades.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3

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Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity

Description: This is an historical account of Franklin's famous kite experiment.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Join or Die - The Story Behind Ben Franklin's Iconic Woodcut

Description: This article explains the history and symbolism of Benjamin Franklin's Join or Die Woodcut.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin's Inventions

Description: This page describes four major inventions of Ben Franklin.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Ben Franklin in France - Turning the Tide of the War

Description: This article describes how Benjamin Franklin convinced the French to join the Americans in the war effort against France.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Silence Dogood

Description: This page describes the Ben Franklin's first writing adventures as Silence Dogood.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Ben Franklin in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Ben Franklin, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

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Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 177 Words; LEXILE = 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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The Franklin Shield

Description: This fun social studies activity requires students to create a Franklin family shield based on the many accomplishments of Benjamin.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Join or Die

Description: This activity explains Franklin's famous "Join or Die" woodcut and requires students to think of prominent logos of today's businesses and organizations (e.g. Target, Nike etc.) and (similarly) attempt to explain the symbolism behind the logos.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Correct-me Passage

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the life of Ben Franklin that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Sayings from Poor Richard's Almanac

Description: This activity requires students to investigate several of the many aphorisms or adages within Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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The Last Conversation Between Ben and William Franklin

Description: This activity requires students to pen dialogues between William (Ben's loyalist son and royal governor of New Jersey) and Benjamin (a Patriot). Students should demonstrate their knowledge of Loyalist and Patriot sentiments through the dialogue.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Fact or Fiction - Printable

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Benjamin Franklin passage and then, to sort 11 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Benjamin Franklin Fact or Fiction - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Benjamin Franklin passage and then, to sort 12 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

Description: This activity requires students to determine which sentences belong in the paragraph with the given topic sentence. Then, they must order the sentences correctly to form the paragraph.

Type: Literacy Drill

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Ben Franklin's Quarter

Description: This activity explains Franklin's preference for the wild turkey as America's national symbol and requires students to redesign the back of the quarter according to Franklin's wishes. Great Thanksgiving exercise!

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a beautiful coloring page that features an authentic Benjamin Franklin postage stamp, which happens to be the first postage stamp in American history.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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United States $100 Bill Coloring - Benjamin Franklin

Description: This awesome coloring sheet features the front and back of the United States $100 Bill with Benjamin Franklin.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Printing - Video

Description: This video describes Benjamin Franklin's colonial printing enterprise

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Famous Images in History Jigsaw Puzzle - Join or Die

Description: This awesome jigsaw allows students to make their own jigsaw pieces, or, allow the program to auto-cut pieces.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Founding Fathers on U.S. Currency Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes short descriptions and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 182 Words; LEXILE: 510

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Who is Your Founding Father? - Game

Description: In this innovative game, students determine the "Founding Father" by evaluating the accomplishments of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton on a significance scale of 1-10. As students evaluate each accomplishment, the "father" responsible for the accomplishment moves forward. For example, if a statement such as "How significant is it that this person wrote the Declaration Independence?" appears, and the student judges it "9," Thomas Jefferson would move forward nine steps.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Currency Mismatch - Online Game

Description: This is a wildly fun game that requires students to drag and drop the correct presidential faces to their correct dollar bills. The game is timed and makes for awesome friendly competitions within a classroom.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Glamour Legends - Online Game

Description: This fun game allows students to dress up George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman, or Christopher Columbus in more modern, or more primitive clothes.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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The Hutchinson Affair Reading Comprehension - Printable

Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 6

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Philadelphia Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Declaration of Independence Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 267 Words; LEXILE = 1110

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Declaration of Independence Reading Comprehension

Description: This American Revolution/Revolutionary War resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 267 Words; LEXILE = 1110

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Freemasons Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Freemasons Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 367 Words; LEXILE = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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United States Currency Gallery - $1 bill to $100,000 bill!

Description: This is simply a clickable gallery that allows students to investigate low and high denominations of U.S. dollar bills from today and from the early 1900s. Did you know there used to be $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 bills?

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Not Boring Jeopardy - 13 Colonies Editiion

Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the 13 colonies. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Not Boring Jeopardy - American Revolution Edition

Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the American Revolution.. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Tic Tac DOUGH - 13 Colonies Edition

Description: Modeled after the 1970s game show, TIC TAC Dough requires students to get 1,000 points, or, score "tic" and "tac" by choose a panel between 1-9 and answering multiple choice questions about the 13 colonies. Behind each panel is a number panel, the word "tic", the word "tac" or the dreaded dragon. If a student picks the panel with the dragon, the game is automatically over - just like the real gameshow.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Tic Tac DOUGH - American Revolution Edition

Description: Modeled after the 1970s game show, TIC TAC Dough requires students to get 1,000 points, or, score "tic" and "tac" by choose a panel between 1-9 and answering multiple choice questions about the Revolutionary War. Behind each panel is a number panel, the word "tic", the word "tac" or the dreaded dragon. If a student picks the panel with the dragon, the game is automatically over - just like the real gameshow.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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American Revolution Timeline - Online Game

Description: This fun and challenging game requires students to correctly order revolutionary war events along the timeline. Easy and Hard levels are available. Very fun, but very challenging.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Founding Fathers Power Point Presentation

Description: This power point presentation explains everything you need to know about the Founding Fathers. Includes Washington, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison.

Type: Presentation

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin Activities Bundle - All of the Printable Benjamin Franklin Activities on the Site

Description: This activity includes all of the printable Benjamin Franklin activities on the site.

Type: Printable Units

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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