Ben Franklin

[Seriously]

Hello everyone! For the next couple of weeks, I will be teaching a first grade unit on Famous Americans. I have 4 main people that have to be covered according to my state standards (VA). I have lots of resources on all but one Famous American -- Ben Franklin. Does anyone know of some good resources that I could buy or look up on the internet? I have looked for printable books that the students could read and/or color, but can't seem to find anything. There are piles of stuff on everyone else, but I have hardly anything on Ben. Thanks for any help you can give me!

 

[wig]

Do you have access to computers? Most of the things on this site may be too difficult for first grade, but if they know how to play checkers, they can play on line. Howeer, there are some things that could be useful to you, such as the experiments.

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm


Here are a few others:

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/famous-americans-in-history/ben-franklin.html (a picture to color)

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/library/ben/stovecolor2.html( a dot to dot.)

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/franklinprint_9.htm

http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/benjamin crafts.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/300/links.html

http://www.nps.gov/inde/Franklin_Court/Pages/kids.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/f/franklin.shtml

http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/ben_herohistory.htm

 

[Becca4]

I really like these first two.

http://www.time.com/time/2003/franklin/photoessay/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

Find pics of his inventions here:

http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventors/ss/Franklin_invent.htm