Extra Credit: Use the information provided in this outline to do

							Extra Credit: Use the information
provided in this outline to do the
activity included at the end of this
              outline.
  It is due before 8 am Friday, August 31st. You
         are to hand it to Mrs. Hammond.
   This will give you up to 15 points on a quiz.
  Who is a major Enlightenment figure in
              U.S. History?
• Benjamin Franklin
• “He found truth through experimentation and
  reasoning” (page 82).
       Most Popular Inventions
 He was known for the following inventions:
• lightning rod
• bifocals
• new type of stove
• confirming the laws of electricity
• contributed to scientific understanding of
  earthquakes and ocean currents
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• Sought ways to improve
   himself (individualism)
• And rise in society (social
   mobility)
• Became one of the
   world’s leading authors,
   philosophers,
   scientists,
  inventors,
  and politicians.
        What is social mobility?
It is the degree to which an
   individual’s or group’s social
   status can change
   throughout the course of
   their life through a system of
   social hierarchy.
         Franklin’s Social Mobility
   What helped Franklin move from a lower social class to a higher
                          social class?

His commitment to learn helped him move.

• Franklin’s formal schooling ended early but his
  education never did.
• He believed that “the doors to wisdom are never
  shut,” and read every book he could get his hands
  on.
• Franklin taught himself simple algebra and geometry,
  navigation, logic, history, science, English grammar
  and a working knowledge of five other languages.
• He believed that successful people worked just a little harder
  than other people.
• He built a successful printing and publishing business in
  Philadelphia;
• He conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several
  important discoveries;
• He was an accomplished diplomat and statesman;
• He helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and
  America’s first city hospital. He also organized the country’s
  first subscription library.
• Through it all, he trusted the hearts and
  minds of his fellow "leather-aprons" more
  than he did those of any inbred elite.
• He saw middle-class values as a source of
  social strength, not as something to be
  derided.
Extra Credit Assignment: Ben Franklin
              Caricature
Task                      Points
                 Rubric   Possible
1.Creativity              20
2. Includes something     20
about social mobility
3. Includes one of his    10
inventions
4. Good work ethic        25
6. Catchy Title           10
7. Neatness/color         15