Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin

1. Read the text.  I like the Dover Thrift edition - it is good for annotation. Free Kindle version here or pdf here

2.Author  - read about Benjamin Franklin in World Book Encyclopedia. The following sources have useful information too:
http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/franklin.asp ( watch the C-span video linked)
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/lit/franklin.htm
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal7/contents/A/authors/franklin.asp
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm

3. Historical background - colonial and revolutionary periods. (To tie in with your Grade 11 US History studies - read the first 4 chapters of your history spine - A Patriot's History of the United States) More information at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/menu.html

4. Literary movement  - Revolutionary era. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/LIT/ch2_p1.htm

5. Read through the Unit 1 of Excellence in Literature and follow any links that interest you.

6. Writing Assignments - complete the writing assignments  on pages 36-37 of Excellence in American Literature

7. Extra reading: The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson in The Norton Anthology or here online. Also some excerpts from Williams Bradford's journal Of Plymouth Plantation in The Norton Anthology.