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Like many men at the time, Benjamin Franklin had slaves, but he realised that slavery was wrong and freed his slaves in the 1760s. This worksheet asks the children to imagine they are Benjamin Franklin writing a letter giving slaves their freedom - how would he write the letter and what would he say?
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...
Do some research about Benjamin Franklin, then write your notes down on our handy notebooking pages.
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.
