Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electrostatic Telegraphs (Case Study)

9th - 10th
A study of static electricity including the contributions from Thales, George Louis Le Sage, Alessandro Volta, Benjamin Franklin.
Instructional Video
PBS

Liberty Kids 130 Hd in Praise of Ben

4th - 8th
A Libertys Kids video telling about Benjamin Franklin, his life, and his inventions. [23:07]
Instructional Video
PBS

Liberty Kids 125 Allies at Last

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video describing Newport, Rhode Island, British occupied Philadelphia, and telling about a treaty of alliance Benjamin Franklin was able to negotiate with King Louis XVI in France. [23:07]
Instructional Video
PBS

Liberty's Kids Hd 122 Places of Versailles

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of Benjamin Franklin visiting France to ask for French support and the arrival of Marquis de Lafayette to address the Second Continental Congress and serve in the Revolutionary War. [23:06]
Instructional Video
PBS

Liberty's Kids Hd 116 One Life to Lose

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video [23:04] that tells the spy Nathan Hale being caught and executed and of Benjamin Franklin attending the Staten Island Peace Conference.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Summer Science: Ben Franklin

9th - 10th
As you prepare for the 4th of July, a salute to one of the founding fathers of our country - Benjamin Franklin.
Instructional Video
PBS

Liberty! The American Revolution: Benjamin Franklin

9th - 10th
Watch two short video clips about Benjamin Franklin, which were produced for a PBS documentary that chronicles key events and figures in America's struggle for independence. One clip briefly explains why the French were so fascinated by...
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Benjamin Franklin

9th - 10th
This animation features the multitude of inventions by Benjamin Franklin, as well as his many political involvements and contributions. [2:16]
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Candace Fleming: Classroom Cast

4th - 8th
This site shares the words [3:46] of the biographer, Candace Fleming, the prolific author of The Great and Only Barnum, a YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction nominee and a Publishers Weekly and Booklist Best Book; The Lincolns: A...
Instructional Video
Other

Reading Through History: American Revolution: Battle of Bunker Hill

7th - 9th
In this lesson, Benjamin Franklin takes his seat in Continental Congress, George Washington is put in command of the Continental Army, and the Patriots battle the British Army in the Battle of Bunker Hill. [20:09]
Instructional Video
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Who Invented Eyeglasses?

2nd - 8th
Interesting facts on the invention of eyeglasses and bifocals.