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Ben Across the Curriculum is a set of interdisciplinary lesson plans that highlight the five central themes in the international traveling exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. These themes are Character Matters, B. Franklin, Printer, Civic Visions, Useful Knowledge, and World Stage. Scholars conduct WebQuests, engage in collaborative activities, and recreate his experiments to learn more about this founding father, prolific writer, inventor, journalist, printer, and elder statesman. Incorporating primary source materials, classroom discussion suggestions, and writing prompts, the unit highlights the contributions of a great American leader while helping scholars enhance several essential skills.
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drawing conclusions, american democracy, american history, american inventors, batteries, benjamin franklin, community service, compare and contrast, controlled experiments, critical thinking, debate, deductive reasoning, early american history, editorial writing, editorials, electricity, emotional development, famous people, famous scientists, genres, industrialization, inventors, machines, motion, philadelphia, poverty, primary sources, satire, self discipline, static electricity, the american revolution, the articles of confederation, the scientific method, the writing process, causes of the american revolution, civic duty, indentured servitude, journalism ethics, making observations, primary source analysis, primary source images, self assessment, the constitutional convention, the first amendment, the french and indian war, the preamble to the united states constitution, journalism, electroscopes, the united states government, the american colonies, ratification of the united states constitution, the federal government, the british colonies, the english colonies, electric forces, social-emotional learning
