Ben Across the Curriculum is a set of interdisciplinary lesson plans that highlight the five central themes in the international traveling exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. These themes are Character Matters, B. Franklin, Printer, Civic Visions, Useful Knowledge, and World Stage. Scholars conduct WebQuests, engage in collaborative activities, and recreate his experiments to learn more about this founding father, prolific writer, inventor, journalist, printer, and elder statesman. Incorporating primary source materials, classroom discussion suggestions, and writing prompts, the unit highlights the contributions of a great American leader while helping scholars enhance several essential skills.
6th - 8th
Science, English Language Arts
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benjamin franklin, the constitutional convention, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, the preamble to the united states constitution, ratification of the united states constitution, the articles of confederation, american democracy, the american revolution, the french and indian war, compare and contrast, the united states government, the federal government, causes of the american revolution, early american history, american history, the american colonies, the english colonies, the british colonies, debate, machines, industrialization, electricity, controlled experiments, making observations, deductive reasoning, critical thinking, drawing conclusions, the scientific method, batteries, static electricity, electroscopes, american inventors, inventors, famous people, famous scientists, electric forces, motion, indentured servitude, philadelphia, poverty, civic duty, community service, journalism, journalism ethics, the writing process, the first amendment, editorials, editorial writing, genres, satire, self assessment, self discipline, emotional development, social-emotional learning
