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Benjamin Franklin Website Evaluators Amy C. Sullins – McMinn County High School, Arkansas
Susan Thurman – Henderson Community College, KentuckyWebsite Reviewer and Compiler
Chris Huber – on leave, Missouri Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = Excellent
Benjamin Franklin
http://library.advanced.org/22254/home.htm This site "brings Franklin to life in an intriguing,
often humorous way". Clearly intended for educational use, this site even includes a "Do It Yourself" science experiment. The home page is linked to pages on Biography, Inventions, Wit and Humor,
Quotations, References, Genealogy, and more. Within each section, there are internal links to people, places, and terms of interest. Some may find content in the Wit and Humor and Quotation sections unfit for some
classroom situations.
Overall Rating: 4Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html Included are pages presenting Franklin as scientist, inventor, statesman, printer, philosopher, musician, and economist. Topical pages have embedded internal links to more
details on specific scientific discoveries or inventions. Also included are internal and external links to a glossary, a family tree, resource materials, enrichment activities, the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
and the Franklin Institute Science Museum. "Quite a nice site for upper elementary and junior high students," as well as teachers. The lesson plans, however, are oriented more toward science than English.
Overall Rating: 4 Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
http://ww.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin The home page features introductory
information about The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, originally in French, with a picture of the title page from the first English edition. What follows is the complete text of the book in 12 chapters.
Internal links go to a portrait, a discussion section, a journal, and an archive of historic documents. This is a " wonderful resource for students and teachers".
Overall Rating: 3
Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/ "Packed with quotes, records, and other great
information gathered from many sources," this site in progress promises eventually to be a huge comprehensive biographical resource. Currently there is a wonderful entry for the period leading up to Franklin's
birth: 1657-1705. Each of the six decades from 1730 through 1789 is represented by a summary of a single year in Franklin's life.
Overall Rating: 2PAL: Benjamin Franklin
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/franklin.html This page provides a bibliography and
lists major themes and omissions in Franklin's work. It offers some notes on Franklin's autobiography, which it breaks into four divisions, lists some of his other literary works, and suggests five general study
questions. It concludes with a serviceable student biography with good content but which is lacking in style. A handful of links to other substantial sites are given as well as a number of URLs that aren't linked.
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