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Lesson
Plan Objectives:
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Lesson 1: Who Was Benjamin Franklin, Really?
Objective: Students will be able to identify traits that represent Benjamin
Franklin
and then evaluate Internet sites or articles from a
interactive
encyclopedia in an effort to judge whether their
identified
traits are accurate or false.
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Lesson 2: Words Of Wisdom To Live By Benjamin Franklin
Objective: 1. Students will use critical thinking skills to
evaluate 3 of
Benjamin Franklin's 26 famous Maxims.
2.
Students will develop their maxim (words of wisdom) for
young people.
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Lesson 3:I Should Have Thought Of That…Famous
Inventions
Objective: 1. Students
will research 2 inventions using either the Internet,
multi-media CD-ROM, or classroom books.
2. Student
groups will design an invention using the various
forms
found on the Group Invention Activity sheet.
3. Students
will design individual inventions and create an
explanatory
paragraph detailing the necessary information about
their
invention.
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Lesson 4: From The Mouse's Point Of View
Objective: Students
will write a short story from Amos' point of view about
one of Benjamin Franklin inventions not mentioned in Ben
and
Me.
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Lesson 5:Higher And Higher Flies The Kite
Objective: Students
will use appropriate sequencing skills in order construct
a kite that illustrates the appropriate sequence of events that
have
occurred in the book and describe what they have learned about
Benjamin Franklin.
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Unit Test: A sample test that can be given at
the end of the unit to evaluate
the students' learning of the material.
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