WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 3 ⑤ Benjamin Franklin Early Life What was Benjamin Franklins early life like Benjamin Franklin was born in a very poor family so he could not go to school for very long He left school ID: 763919
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WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 3- ⑤ Benjamin Franklin
Early Life What was Benjamin Franklin’s early life like? Benjamin Franklin was born in a very poor family, so he could not go to school for very long. He left school early in order to work, but he still got an education. He learned from reading books. Franklin loved reading and writing. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Making the World Better How did Franklin always try to do things better? Franklin was determined to improve the world around him, even his own life style. He wanted to be seen as a good example to society. He made a list of thirteen good habits (or virtues) that helped to improve his way of life. He focused on one of them each week until he was good at them all. The 10th Virtue: Cleanliness The 6th Virtue: Industry The 8th Virtue: Justice Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions Some of the virtues from his list of 13 good habits:
The Junto Some quotes from Poor Richard’s Almanack 1. Franklin started a discussion group called the Junto that met weekly. The group talked about their ideas and discuss ways of improving the society they lived in. “No gains without pains.” “Fish and visitors stink after three days.” 2. Franklin also wrote many of his new ideas in a magazine he called Poor Richard’s Almanack which became very popular. How did Franklin share his ideas with others?
America’s First Newspaper What were some of the things Franklin started in the US? Published America’s first national newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette Started America’s first public library Organized the first trained fire department in Philadelphia and helped start a police patrol around the city Helped raise money to build the first hospital in America Began a school, now known as the University of Pennsylvania A political cartoon that appeared in The Pennsylvania Gazette , 1754 America’s first public library Pennsylvania Hospital Certification for a fire company in Pennsylvania
Franklin’s Inventions What did Franklin invent? As a young boy, Franklin made swim fins from wood. He combined two types of eyeglasses to make one pair to see both near and far. Today they are known as bifocals. He invented the Franklin stove, which improved the heating systems in houses by producing more heat and less smoke. He made improvements to street lamps.He even invented a musical instrument he called the “glass armonica .” The Franklin stove The glass armonica Swimming fins used by divers Bifocals
Electricity Did Franklin really fly a kite during a lightning storm? Yes, he did! Franklin enjoyed experimenting with electricity. One day he attached some metal to a kite and flew it into a lightning storm. The kite attracted the lightning and proved that lightning was an electrical charge. This gave Franklin the idea for his favorite invention—the lightning rod. What do lightning rods do? Franklin studying electricity Lightning rods are metal poles placed on the top of buildings to protect them from lightning. A modern lightning rod
The First American Why do people call Franklin “the First American”? Because Franklin was the only leading American who signed all four of the major documents that created America: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaties of Alliance, the Peace Treaty between Great Britain and the United States, and the Constitution of the United States. Signing the Declaration of Independence The 50 stars represent the 50 states of the USA, and the 13 stripes represent the 13 British colonies that declared independence. The Declaration of Independence
The $100 bill Isn’t Franklin’s picture used on money in the US? Yes, it is. Benjamin Franklin is on the $100 dollar bill.
Vocabulary fin n. a type of large, flat shoe used for swimming, especially underwater candle n. wax with a piece of string in the middle of it that produces light as it slowly burns
Vocabulary gazette n. a type of newspaper kite n. a thin device flown in the wind on string
patrol v. Vocabulary to go around an area to see if there is any trouble or danger lightning n. a flash of electricity generated between clouds or a cloud and the ground during a storm
vegetarian adj. Vocabulary not eating or having any meat stove n. something that you cook food on or heat a room with