Benjamin Franklin

American Renaissance Man

The following links access all things Franklin. Inventor, statesman, writer, creative thinker. What do you know about him? Visit the following sites for useful information.

• http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm - Historical information related to all things Franklin.
• http://www.benfranklin300.org/ - Ben Franklin tercentenary
• http://www.fi.edu/ - The Franklin Institute
• Ben Franklin a spy?? Visit the CIA kids page at http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/history/ben.html
• Thinkquest on Franklin
• Questions posed ~ Can you answer them? Visit our page of questions from PS83.

Also visit:

• Video clips and lesson resources from CSpan at http://www.americanwriters.org/classroom/videolesson/franklin_vlp.asp
• Historical documentary http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin
• http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/ - Excellent resources from PBS
• United States National Archives
• Wonderful images, including scanned original pages of U.S. Constituation and Bill of Rights at http://www.constitution.org/_cs_image.htm
• The ever quotable, visit http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/index.htm; 80 quotes.

Other resources:

Printable worksheet, short biography, quiz with answers at Enchanted Learning

U.S. Constitution information, worksheet, quiz at Enchanted Learning. Includes links to Ammendments, Bill of Rights.