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 Take Students back to pivotal moments in history!
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- 7 The Jean Fritz History Series: What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
is part of the
The Jean Fritz History
series.
The program is based on a popular, award-winning book, "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" The story is an amusing, offbeat look at the writer, printer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and founding father. On the CD, the text's wit and humor are enhanced by the wry narration by the author, Jean Fritz. She cleverly draws out the facets of Franklin's complex character: his extraordinary self-discipline, his pride in his own success, his ability to have good ideas and put them into practice, his successes and failures in following his own rules for living. The witty illustrations by Margot Tomes (transformed into animations for this program) bring to life the everyday details of Franklin's world. After working with the materials on this CD-ROM, students will be able to:  | Recall the main ideas about the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin | | Discuss and give examples of Franklin's complex character | | Learn details and select key words from seeing pictures, hearing narrations, and reading text | | Find additional material in a database by using key words | | Define key words and new words and use them in context | | Place Franklin in time, both on a time line and in history in general | | Identify and read original source material by and about Benjamin Franklin | | Form and express opinions about Benjamin Franklin and his achievements |
By using the materials on the CD-ROM, teachers will be able to: | Use learning teams and learning themes as strategies (3 to 5 students per computer) | | Track and monitor students' progress | | Give students reproducible Assignments that guide their explorations of the information | | Display results of students' work on theme-related Bulletin Boards (and Study Centers) | | Integrate the material across the curriculum: literature, history, geography, social studies, science, math, art, music, dance, and drama |
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  |  | A Mac/Win CD-ROM and Teacher's Guide including activities. | |  |
  | Children's Software Revue All Star Software Award 2003 |
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