6th graders did a great job brainstorming what they knew about Benjamin Franklin. We tried to predict what the author would choose to write about for each letter of the alphabet in relation to this Founding Father. Some great ones they guessed were Bifocals, Electricity, Philadelphia, American, Key, Inventor, and Boston. One student even guessed that the Franklin Stove would appear. I was very impressed! Someone else guessed Library correctly, knowing he started the first library. Back then you had to pay a subscription to borrow books. Aren't you glad that has changed?
We learned a lot about this amazing and multi-talented man, including some of his famous quotes originally printed in his publication called
Poor Richard's Almanack. "No gains without pains" is a great one, as is: "Either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing." A very informative book!
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