BrainPOP is a tremendous resource that our district continues to provide for teachers and students. I first learned about this as my own children began using the resources. My oldest daughter would come home and ask me questions about a video she had watched on slavery, or government.
This summer I was able to attend a BrainPOP training. As part of that training, I was required to create two lesson plans. I will share them below. Before the training, I knew that BrainPOP offered a lot of video content that was well done. What I discovered through the training was the multitude of activities and resources that go along with those videos. BrainPOP has educational games! I was required to play games as part of the training, but found myself really engaged in a few of them. I tried the iCivics games about winning the Whitehouse and the budget simulation. I also found the Mission US games very well done. In those you role play and have to make decisions for your character. As you make the decisions, the game evolves based on your choices. BrainPOP also has a mapping tool to assist students and teachers with organizing ideas they are learning. You can insert images, texts and even videos into the mapping tool. I invite you to check out the BrainPOP resources and let me know if you are interested in learning more I can meet with you to further explore what BrainPOP has to offer. I included the lessons below. My intent with the lessons was to make connections between BrainPOP and current events that students could relate to. These are lessons created for the program and I haven't taught them yet. You can choose to use some or all of the activities listed. Lesson 1 - Immigration Lesson 2 - Presidential Election
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