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excerpt from

Farmer’s Almanac

Benjamin Franklin

 

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Author Biographies

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002420F/life.htm

http://eserver.org/books/franklin/

 

   
Background Information

 

About "Farmer's Almanack" http://wawa.essortment.com/farmersalmanac_rlrm.htm

Old "Farmer's Almanack" -Present day online version:

     http://www.almanac.com/weather/index.php

"Poor Richard's Almanac"  http://pages.prodigy.net/jmiller.cb/prs10.html

1753 "Poor Richard's Almanac" http://pages.prodigy.net/jmiller.cb/prs10.html

Maxims: http://www.portaljuice.com/poor_richard_s_almanac.html

Oddities and Wonders: http://members.aol.com/oddwonder/franklin.htm

 

   
Lesson Plans and Activities

 

Class Project:

     http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/htm/Units/lsDevon/DFormSS/Almanaclp.htm

Quiz:

     http://library.thinkquest.org/J002420F/poor.htm

Teaching Guides:

     http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/education/edu250/prise/web2.html

     http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp?id=185