Thornton Wilder born

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  Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts

  Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer

  To appreciate some of the extra-literary elements of a play, students pause at various intervals in their study of Thornton Wilder's Our Town to develop their own settings, characters, and conflicts.

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Benjamin Franklin dies at 84

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  Lesson Plan / Art & Culture

  Benjamin Franklin's Many "Hats"

  Ben Franklin, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution was also a philanthropist, a community leader, patriot, and Founding Father. This lesson plan exemplifies all our new country fought for in the Revolutionary War: individualism, democracy, community, patriotism, scientific inquiry and invention, and the rights of “We the People.”

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Jefferson vs. Franklin: Renaissance Men

  Students examine primary sources in order to compare the intellectual achievements of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. The lesson serves as an introduction to the complementary EDSITEment lesson, Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers.

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers

  Explore the philosophical contributions that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson made to the movement for American independence. The lesson introduces students to some of the important precursor documents, such as Franklin's Albany Plan of 1754 and Jefferson's Draft of the Virginia Constitution, that led to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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  Launchpad: Benjamin Franklin's Virtues

  This Launchpad, adapted from www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Benjamin Franklin’s “The Project of Moral Perfection” a passage from his Autobiography.