- PART 1 : FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS….
BEN FRANKLIN 18TH CENTURY SUPERHERO - Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in America on 17th January 1706. He was the humble son of a tallow chandler (a soap and candle maker). Who would have guessed that he would go on to do so many amazing things after just 2 years of going to school?!
BEN FRANKLIN 18TH CENTURY SUPERHERO - Ben worked for his older brother James as an apprentice printer. He helped James to publish his newspaper, ‘The New England Courant’, which was one of the first newspapers in the American colonies.
- Ben later moved to Philadelphia and printed his own newspaper, ‘The Pennsylvania Gazette’. Newspapers were the only way people could find out about what was happening in their town and others.
- Franklin working in his print shop…
BEN FRANKLIN 18TH CENTURY SUPERHERO - Franklin opened the first subscription library in 1731 at the age of 25!
BEN FRANKLIN 18TH CENTURY SUPERHERO - Ben was sent to England by the people of Pennsylvania to help them settle their feud with the Penn family, who owned the colony. He left in June 1757…
- Franklin set sail from Philadelphia…
- Now, where to live? I hear Craven Street is nice…
- … he finally arrived in London several weeks later!
BEN FRANKLIN 18TH CENTURY SUPERHERO - Franklin found a home at 36 Craven St, with landlady Mrs Margaret Stevenson and her daughter Polly.
Task 1: Write a Biography - Use our website to find out more about Ben Franklin then write his biography which is the story of his life. As you are writing about someone else’s life, not your own, you have to write in the 3rd person (he/she). Use subheadings to organise your writing like the example.
- Early life
- Ben Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 17th January 1706. He had 16 brothers and sisters! His parents could only afford to send him to school for 2 years, and yet he would go on to do many important jobs.
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