This is the story of Ben Franklin and his experiments with a kite ane electicity. Activity: "fill in the blank" partial dictation.
Topic: Benjamin Franklin: Kite
Audience: All
SPL: 2 - 4
Document: Transcript and partial dictation
Audio: Option 1- Narration: 2:03 track. Option 2- Slower version: 2:40
Video: None
Web: None
Credits: Text is from the book "Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln. A book for young Americans" written by James Baldwin. The text was edited / and adapted by Peter Schmitt. Full text of the book is available through the Gutenberg Project. The audio is from Librivox.com and is narrated by Sibella Denton. (Audio recording adapted to match the edits in the text itself.
Copyright status: Original text in public domain due to expired copyright. Audio from Librivox is explicitly put into public domain.
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