Benjamin Franklin had an aphorism for practically every situation. Encourage class members to respond to a set of questions by choosing one of Franklin's aphorisms as an answer.

Concepts

benjamin franklin

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Mix up the activity by giving learners the second page and having them create questions to go along with Franklin's aphorisms

Classroom Considerations

• Include in a study of Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• The resource downloads as an editable document

Cons

• Does not include an answer key

Common Core

RL.5.4 L.5.5.a RL.6.4 RL.7.4 RL.8.4 L.6.5.a L.7.5.a L.8.5.a