Benjamin Franklin's Financial Legacy: Middle and Later Years
You will read through each of the following 4 articles.
If you are not doing Project 2:
For each article,
write down (to turn in)
at least one item or aspect that surprised you, that you disagreed with, or
that had a question on. Informal bullet points are fine. So you will
have at least 4 items total, with at least one from each article:
Additional Info on Problems in Boston During the First Hundred Years
and the Founding of the Franklin Institute of Boston
Divvying up Ben: Let's Try for 200 More
Ben Franklin Trust To Go To
State, City, Not School, SJG Says
What "Miracle of Compound Interest"?
How Ben Franklin's best laid plans came a cropper
If you won't be coming in to lab, then you can turn in the above homework on ASULearn
or in class on Tuesday
If you ARE doing Project 2:
These articles will already be incorporated into your
project, via being 4 of the
7 readings that you'll
flow in to the mathematics, so turning in the Project on Tuesday suffices.