Social Studies Games
Activate: SnapThoughts for My BrainPOP
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Have your students signed up for individual logins through My BrainPOP? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use our SnapThought ® tool to play Activate.
The...
Balancing the Federal Budget Lesson Plan: People’s Pie Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called People's Pie that challenges them to balance the federal budget. Students must fund important government programs without se...
A Recap of What’s New at BrainPOP
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Back-to-school is a busy time here at BrainPOP! Here’s what new this month.
New Features
The Challenge
Challenge your students with the new BrainPOP Challenge! This auto-graded, mobile-ready featu...
Mission US: City of Immigrants is now on GameUp
Posted by SM Bruner on
We're proud to announce the addition of City of Immigrants to our growing collection of wonderful Mission US games. These games immerse students in U.S. history through interactive role-playing experi...
Mission US: City of Immigrants Lesson Plan
Posted by SM Bruner on
In this social studies lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 5-12, students will use BrainPOP resources (including the Mission US: City of Immigrants online simulation) to explore the lives of the...
10 Ways Game-Based Learning Can Enhance Your Curriculum
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Have you been wanting to try out game-based learning in your classroom? Here are ten ways games can enhance your curriculum and help students meet standards:
1. Make repetition more engaging (and e...
Using Games in the Classroom
Posted by Laura Gatto on
Katrina Schwartz's blog post for MindShift on November 24, 2014 entitled, "Some Struggles Teachers Face Using Games in the Classroom" brings to light the many barriers to implementing game-based lear...
Participate in UCLA’s Game Based Learning Research Study
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Our friends from UCLA's CRESST are conducting a game based learning research study about building science and social emotional skills with "Go Vector Go" and "Spaceforce;" 2 games featured on BrainPOP...
6 new Drafting Board games are now on GameUp!
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That's right--we've got six new games from the Drafting Board series, created by our incredible partner iCivics. Drafting Board games are designed to allow students in grades 5-12 to explore the proce...
Games for Change Most Significant Impact Game Award Winner – Mission US
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
We're so excited to congratulate our partner, WNET THIRTEEN and Electric Funstuff for Mission US - A Cheyenne Odyssey, recipient of the prestigious Most Significant Impact Game award at the 2014 Games...
