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The audio narration is a brief overview of the life of Benjamin Franklin. Document includes a "fill in the blank" partial dictation as well as definitions of a few words used in the story.
Topic: Biography- Benjamin Franklin
Audience: All
SPL: 2 - 4
Document: Transcript, partial dictation, vocabulary
Audio: Narration: 1:42 track
Video: None
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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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