History: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Invented by Ben Franklin but lost to history, the glass harmonica has been resurrected by modern musicians

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/armonica.html#ixzz1D7YLCMNH

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Returning to Philadelphia from England in 1775, the “wisest American” kept his political leanings to himself. But not for long

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Benjamin_Franklin_Joins_the_Revolution.html#ixzz1D7XeZWRw

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/When-Ben-Franklin-Met-the-Battlefield.html

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The Science man??

Listen to this podcast from National Public Radio.  Complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.montpelier.org/explore/dolley_madison/index.php

Click on the above link to read about Dolley Madison.  Read the article and write 10 facts.  Submit the facts for your Current Event.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.benfranklin300.org/_etc_pdf/Hershey-Franklin_AFA.pdf

Click on the above link to read about Franklin and his image.  Read the article and complete a Blog Log. Comments?  Post one!

http://www.benfranklin300.org/_etc_pdf/Talbott-Franklin_AFA.pdf

Click on the above link to read about Ben Franklin’s furniture.  Furniture?  Yes! Furniture!  You never know, you might find it interesting.  Read the article and write 10 facts and submit for your Current Event.  Comments?  Post one!

Library chair with folding steps, London or Philadelphia, 1760–1780.

http://www.benfranklin300.org/etc_trivia.htm

Click on the link above to read some interesting facts about Franklin.  Complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

http://constitutioncenter.org/foundersquiz/

Click on the above link and take the Quiz to see which Framer you are the most like.  Post the Framer you are the most like in a comment.  Guess who I was the most like too.

His Excellency George Washington

Joseph Ellis and host Bryan Le Beau discuss the life of George Washington and offer new insights into what shaped the man behind the myth. Joseph Ellis is an award winning historian and author of His Excellency: George Washington.

Listen to this podcast from the Organization of American Historians.  Complete a Blog Log.

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Franklin Biographers: A Reunion

Franklin biographers Walter Isaacson, Gordon Wood, Stacy Schiff, with Jim Lehrer and Rick Beeman.  Listen to this podcast from the National Constitution Center about Ben Franklin.  Complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.historynow.org/09_2007/historian5.html

Click on the above link to read more about Washington.  Read the article and complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.historynow.org/09_2007/historian2.html

Click on the above link to learn more about James Madison.  Read the article above and write down 10 facts learned about Madison.  You may hand in your 10 facts as a Current Event.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.historynow.org/09_2007/interactive.html

Click on the link above to take a Quiz about the Constitution.  I scored a 90.  What will you score?  Take the Quiz, tell me your grade and the questions you answered incorrectly and perhaps I will give you extra credit.  Post your score and questions you had wrong in a comment.  Good Luck!!  Will you beat my score?

http://www.nps.gov/spar/historyculture/shays-rebellion.htm

http://www.shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html

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