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Electric Ben
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin | Robert Byrd
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Electric Ben is now a 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Book Award Winner, a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book, a Horn Fanfare Book, and a Robert F. Sibert Honor book! a true standoutbright, witty, informative and cleverly organized as the man himself. The New York Times A true Renaissance man, Benjamin Franklin was the first American celebrity. In pictures and text, master artist Robert Byrd documents Franklin's numerous and diverse accomplishments, from framing the Constitution to creating bifocals. The witty, wise, and endlessly curious Franklin is the perfect subject for Byrd's lively style and vibrant art. The pages pulse with facts, quotes, and captions, while the inventive design and intricately detailed illustrations make a striking tribute to the brilliant American.
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Franklin became post master of philaldophia

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delaneylabelle23
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This book on bengimin Franklin and his life. This book has illustrations that allow you to picture the era that he grew up.

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emmadomo

Ben Franklin‘s first invention may have been swim fins

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emmadomo
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This was a biography on Benjamin Franklin and his life. The illustrations allow you to imagine the era he grew up in. The book is organized by the main events that took place in his life.

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Apolandvery

Ben Franklin's first invention may have been swim fins.

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“Ben franklins first invention may have been swim fins”

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Apolandvery
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This is a biography of Benjamin Franklin and his life. This book has illustrations that allow you to picture the era that he grew up. The book is organized by main events that took place throughout his life.

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kierstenkaplan
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This is a biography on Benjamin Franklin and his life. This book has illustrations that allow you to picture the era that he grew up in. The book is organized by main events that took place in his life.

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KamrynWaites

Ben Franklin‘s first invention may have been swim fins

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KamrynWaites
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This a biography on Benjamin Franklin and his life. This book has illustrations that allow you to picture the era that he grew up in. The book is organized by the main events that took place in his life.

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olivia_danko
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The book Electric Ben by Robert Bryd is about Benjamin Franklin and his amazing contributions to our country. In pictures and text, the book contains documents of Franklin's numerous and diverse accomplishments including the Constitution, the creation of bifocals, and many more. The book also has large font and vibrant artwork as well! This biography book would be best taught using UDL 1.1 (Offer ways of customizing the display of information)

olivia_danko I picked UDL 1.1 because the book offers text and pictures throughout the pages making it easier to understand the biography. The book also won the Orbis Pictus Award.
The ELS strategy I'd use is EL 28 (provide biographies of significant men and women from different countries). Since this lesson is focused on how Benjamin Franklin became significant, as a future educator, I can provide other significant leaders from the ELLs countries in order
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olivia_danko for them to relate and understand the lesson.
With the following lesson:
https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/ben-franklin/
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DrSpalding English learner strategy 28 is perfect! This award-winning book is an excellent book to complement your social studies or science instruction when teaching about this famous historical figure. 3y
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Electric Ben by Robert Byrd is an Orbis Picture Honor biography book about Benjamin Franklin. The book teaches readers about the true renaissance an known as Ben Franklin and his many accomplishments such as framing the constitution or creating eye glasses! The book pulls the reader in through the fascinating facts and amazing art on each page. This book would be great if used for shared reading because there is so much information it would be

emilypalkovich helpful to discuss it all. A website source that contains multiple fun activities to do following this reading is https://teachbesideme.com/benjamin-franklin-lesson-ideas/. A UDL strategy for this book could be providing options for comprehension since a lot of information about Ben Franklin may require background knowledge. An EL strategy that pairs well with this book is number 42: have students arrange timelines and sequence important facts 3y
emilypalkovich and information. #ucflae3414sp21 3y
PatriciaS Thank you for this great review 👍 I will be adding to my list of science reads about Ben Franklin 😊 3y
DrSpalding Emily, I own this picture book biography. This book would work well in science and or social studies! Helpful resource. 3y
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abbychlosta

“Franklin wanted to know how everything worked.”

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This book was okay. The information was good, but it was a lot. It didn‘t really pull me in or keep me interested. I feel like there are better ways to teach children about Ben Franklin.

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Electric Ben by Robert Byrd is a biography about Benjamin Franklin. It was published in 2012. This book is a super in depth biography on Benjamin Franklin. It starts from birth, goes into detail about his childhood, all of his inventions, his family and his death. It is super long and I don‘t think I would ever want to read the whole thing. Details are good, but this is a lot.

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vnneff6000
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This book is about the president benjamin franklins life.

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Ariel8Smith
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace”

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Ariel8Smith

Too lengthy of a book for early childhood students but the pictures brighten up and it has a lot of historical details

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Ariel8Smith
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2012, biography. Lengthy book telling about the story of Benjamin franklins life. A lot of words on the pages but the pictures are bright and beautifully drawn. Tells about historical events such as wars and fighting for independence