Benjamin Franklin Web Quest

 

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/franklinb

  1. When was Benjamin Franklin born? ________________
  2. What city was he from? ________________
  3. In what year did he die? ________________
  4. He was the only person to sign which three important documents?

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 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/leaders/franklinb/electric_1

  1. What did Franklin’s experiments with a kite and key prove?

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  1. Which invention did Franklin believe was his most important invention?

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 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/leaders/franklinb/printer_1

  1. When Franklin was only 10 years old stopped going to school. What did he do instead? ________________________________________________________
  2. When he was twelve, Benjamin became his brother Jame’s apprentice. What is an apprentice? ________________________________________________________
  3. What kind of business did James have? ______________________________________________________________
  4. What were Franklin’s responsibilities as an apprentice? __________________________________________________________________
  5. When Franklin was 17 he ran away. Why? __________________________________________________________________
  6. Which city did he run to? __________________________________________________________________
  1. He started a business in this new city. What was it? __________________________________________________________________
  1. Although Franklin had many, many accomplishments, when people asked him his profession he always answered that he was  ____________________.

http://www.gigmasters.com/armonica/history.html

  1. What musical instrument did Franklin invent? __________________________________________________________________

 Click here to play it. http://www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/virtualarmonica.html

  1. What are some of the other musical instruments that he could play? __________________________________________________________________

 Frankin invented many other things.

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html

  1. What did he invent to help him see well? __________________________________________________________________
  1. How did this invention help him? __________________________________________________________________

 http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/stove.htm

  1. What is the Franklin Stove, and why was it an important invention? __________________________________________________________________

http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/inventions.htm

  1. Describe one of your favorite Franklin Firsts. __________________________________________________________________

http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/inventions.htm

Franklin even designed his own kite. Have a look. http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/exp_kite.html

While you are on this page, click on the Timeline link (on the left side of the page).

  1. What did he invent in 1717? __________________________________________________________________
  2. In what year did he get married, and who was the lucky girl? __________________________________________________________________
  3. What hospital did he found in 1755? Who was helped there? __________________________________________________________________

Franklin was famous for many of his sayings. http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/printer/abc.html

  1. Pick one of your favorites and explain what it means. __________________________________________________________________

Franklin traveled a lot during his life, and he accomplished a lot during those trips. http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/exp_worldly.html

  1. Name one place he visited and describe what he did there. __________________________________________________________________

 http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l2_wit.html

  1. How do we know so much about Franklin? __________________________________________________________________