(from your textbook) *All but #11 and #12 are required; they are extra credit
Pg. 116 Forging a New Nation
Pg. 177 - 180 The Man of Many Masks
Pg. 164 Ben Franklin Bio
Pg. 166-168 The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
Answer all of these. Answer 7-10 in complete sentences. The rest do not need to be complete sentences.
I. Bio Info (pg. 164-165)
1. He helped establish the first one of these in the United States.
2. Name three things Franklin invented.
3. What two personal characteristics made him popular in London for many years?
4. Who did he help draft/write the Declaration of Independence?
5. Why did he go to Paris in 1776?
6. What are aphorisms?
7. Choose two of Franklin's aphorisms from pg. 172. Write them down then explain (in full sentences) what they mean.
Autobiography (pg. 166- 170)
8. How old was he when he wrote his autobiography?
9. Write a paragraph about what the painting on 167 implies about Mr. Franklin. (5-6 sentences)
10. From his autobiography, quote three separate sentences that reveal something about him. (not three sentences in a row)
Extra Credit (11 & 12 only) (don't cheat by asking someone or googling)
11. What form of paper currency (money) does his face appear on?
12. What bird did he think should be the national bird?
Vocabulary (required)
* all are highlighted in yellow in your textbook (write definition)
Rectitude
Arduous
Facilitate
Subsequent
Eradicate
Reticent
Obscurity
Personas
Pseudonymous
Rhetorical
Berate
14. From the video about Ben Franklin, record 10 things we didn't learn from our reading. (response to audio)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptb9koYCom0
15. Visual Activity- Ben Franklin's Mask
Design/Decorate it to symbolically represent Mr. Franklin. You may add words, symbols, and/or art that you feel symbolizes him. Please color it as well. You may leave it on the sheet, or you may cut it out. If you were absent, please stop by my room and pick one up.