Benjamin Franklin is famous for being one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, but he was also a scientist, inventor and writer. Find out a little more about him by reading our factsheet.
Inventing new things is a lot of fun! If you could invent anything, what would it be? Draw your invention inside the lightbulb on this worksheet then write a little about what your invention will do...
Benjamin Franklin is considered to be a polymath - someone who has wide knowledge in many different areas. This worksheet asks the children to research his many skills and make a mindmap to record his numerous achievements.
This worksheet asks the children to imagine they are interviewing Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States - what would be some good questions to ask him, and what would the audience like to hear?