What We Learned This Year:Ben Franklin

Ashlynn Marchese, Pat Kulp, Vanessa Brynda

Benjamin Franklin

"In Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat.“

--Henry Steele CommagerFranklin was an author and printer, satirist,

political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat.

Inventions (just a few): lightning rod, bifocals, armonica, Franklin stove

Original Ladies Man

“The Lightning Thief”

A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned

Ben Franklin Summed Up

Ben Franklin was an all around American. He invented and fought for the good of his country. He made sure we had a future secure with a great government and aphorisms that teachers and grandparents still like to throw around (early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise). He gave us words for thought (“Way to

Wealth”) and a cool looking $100 bill. All in all, Ben Franklin taught us one thing for certain: how to have a good time.

Thank You Miss Stephenson

For all the laughs and the information that will stick with us much longer than everything else we learned in other classes. You gave us much more than a book could have taught us.

THANK YOU