Reconstruction Lesson Plan: Exploring the Effects of Ending Slavery

April 17, 2015
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 5-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the political events that occurred after ...

Wangari Maathai Lesson Plan: Individual’s Contributions

February 14, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Wangari Maathai Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Wangari Maatha...

Alexander Hamilton Lesson Plan: Individuals’ Contributions and Identities

January 10, 2022
Click to open and customize your own copy of the Alexander Hamilton Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Alexander Ham...

Taxes Lesson Plan: The National Economy

March 18, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Taxes Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Taxes, and supports the s...

Banking Lesson Plan: Economics

March 17, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Banking Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Banking, and supports t...

Make-a-Map Templates

September 21, 2016
Template descriptions and tips for how to use...

Adam Smith Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

March 6, 2019
Read the movie description that appears below the movie player on the Adam Smith topic page. Then use the following prompts to encourage cla...

Alexander Hamilton Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

July 10, 2019
Before the Movie What do you know about Alexander Hamilton?  (Tap prior knowledge) What do you hope to learn about Alexander Hamilton? (...

Slavery Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

June 18, 2019
Before the Movie What do you know about slavery? During the Movie (Pause Points) Stop at the following times in the movie and ask quest...

Vietnam War Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

May 8, 2019
Read the movie description that appears below the movie player on the Vietnam War Topic Page. Then use the following prompts to encourage cl...