Young life

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/peoples/text1/franklin.pdf

 

Virtues

http://www.e-ostadelahi.com/eoe-en/wp-content/uploads/benjamin_franklin.pdf

 

Modern take on Franklin:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/29762/10-ben-franklin%E2%80%99s-lesser-known-feats-awesomeness

 

Assignment-Virtues for the 21st Century!

In groups, you made a list of 10 virtues. Each virtue had to have a title and a description/definition. After the group had developed its list, the members needed to decide which 3 of the virtues are most important.We  wrote these 3 virtues and the definitions on the board. Once all the groups added their virtues,  each group was able to “nix” any virtue it wanted, but the students from that group had to supply an explanation. After each group had the opportunity to do that, we finally had a class list of virtues. The students then made a log and needed to mark down each time a virtue was not obeyed. These logs needed to be kept for a full week. At the end of the week, they needed to turn in their logs along with a written discussion of their experiences and anything they learned.