Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Wright Brothers Lesson Plan: Innovations, Discoveries, and Impacts

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*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Wright Brothers Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Wright Brothers, and supports students ’ understanding of the role persever...

Pocahontas Lesson Plan: Individual’s Contributions

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* Click to open and customize your own copy of the Pocahontas Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Pocahontas, and supports the standard of analyzing the impact of contribution...

Amelia Earhart Lesson Plan: Build goal-setting and resiliency skills

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Amelia Earhart, and addresses the concepts of setting goals and persevering through challenges.  Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Prompt students to t...

Lewis and Clark Lesson Plan: People, Places, and Environments

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*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Lewis and Clark Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Lewis and Clark, and supports students’ understanding the purpose of  the ...

Juneteenth Lesson Plan: U.S. History

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*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Juneteenth Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Juneteenth, and supports students’ understanding of the significance of this hol...

Tulsa Race Massacre Lesson Plan: Examine examples of postwar race relations

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Tulsa Race Massacre and addresses the standard of examining examples of World War I and postwar race relations, such as the Tulsa Race Massacre, through a va...

Barack Obama Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Barack Obama, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each section.   OBJECTIVES Students will: Activate ...

Regions of the Thirteen Colonies Lesson Plan: Guess the Region Game

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the three regions that the original 13 colonies made up: New England, Middle, and Southern. Using wha...

Thanksgiving Lesson Plan: Conduct an Interview

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to discover the true story of Thanksgiving.  After learning about the settlers’ dangerous trip to America and the str...

Mansa Musa Lesson Plan: Exclusive Interview with the Bling King

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Musa, the 14th century emperor (or mansa) of the Mali Empire in West Africa. After learning about Musa...