by Emma

Benjamin Franklin was amazing. He invented many things. He was also a scientist and a writer. He worked for the governor too.

He was born in Boston in 1706. Once he went to Philadelphia, married, bought a house, and had three children. The oldest two were males. The youngest was a female. Unfortunately, his youngest son got very sick and died when he was only four years old. Later he went to France. He stayed in France so long, that when he came back, his daughter had already had two children!

Earlier, when he was in Philadelphia, he ran away from being a printer’s apprentice in his brother James’s workshop. One day, he had three big loaves of bread from the baker and large bunches of clothes in his pockets. As he walked along the street, people hid their smiles. A lovely girl standing in a doorway even laughed and snickered out loud. When Benjamin was a little older, he married the girl who snickered at him.

Benjamin Franklin wrote something like a book. It was called Poor Richards Almanac. It was basically like a book with tips and information. He also wrote the Gazette for Philadelphia.

Benjamin Franklin had lots of good ideas and inspired many people. I had fun reading and learning about him. For more information, I recommend reading books about Benjamin Franklin.

Questions Emma would ask Benjamin Franklin?

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by Emma

• How did you get ideas for your inventions?

• Was it hard to make inventions?

• Did you like being around so many people?

• Did you like having so many siblings?

• Why did you travel so much?

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by John L.

Waterhouse Hawkins lived in 1853 in London. He made the first life-size models of dinosaurs. He was an artist and a scientist. Hawkins made dinosaurs come to life. He was such a great artist that they looked real.

The Queen of England liked Waterhouse Hawkins’ dinosaurs. He came and taught people in America about dinosaurs too.

Dinosaur models look different today than they did in 1853. In 1853, people thought that some dinosaurs crawled. Today, people think that some dinosaurs stand on two legs.

Hawkins was interesting to learn about. My cousin, Jackson, got me interested in dinosaurs by teaching me a lot about them. My brother also has a DVD and taught me about dinosaurs too. Then in school, I read a biography about Waterhouse Hawkins who studied dinosaurs. That is why it is interesting to me.

Questions John L. would ask Waterhoues Hawkins

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by John L.

• Why do you like dinosaurs?

• How did you make the model dinosaurs?

• Why did you go to America?

• Why did you want to put your dinosaurs in the museum?

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