BEN FRANKLIN

By Brady Hubbard and Richard AupperleMrs DeCook 3rd grade

INTRODUCTION

• Ben franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States

• He was born in 1706 in Boston

EARLY LIFE• Born in January of 1706

• His dad made candles and soap

• He was born in Boston Massachusetts

• He had 16 siblings

• He started school at the age of 8 and ended

at the age of 10

• At the age of 17 he ran away to Philadelphia

JOBS• Ben liked to read and write

• Ben helped his brother print newspapers

• He eventually owned his own print shop and newspaper

called the Pennsylvania Gazette

INVENTIONS

• A heating stove

• He learned about electricity by experimenting with a kite

• He made a lighting rod to protect us from lighting

• Bifocals

• Glass Armonica

• Swim Fins

LATER LIFE• Ben franklin became a postmaster and improved

the mail system

• He signed the Declaration of Independence &

The US Constitution

• He died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84

FUN FACTS• Ben franklin wrote the poor Richard’s almanac

• In 1776 Ben asked France to help the American colonists win freedom from Great Britain.

contributions

• America remembers him for his ideas and his inventions

RESOURCES

• World Book Kids• Pebble go