CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
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.
Holocaust Lesson Plan: Analyze a Primary Source
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about one of the most tragic times in history, the Holocaust. They’ll learn about Hitler, what his Nazi pa...
Elie Wiesel Lesson Plan: Produce a Mini Documentary
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the life and work of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel-- activist, author, and Nobel Peace Prize winner....
Mission US: Up from the Dust Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, centers around the simulation Mission US: Up from the Dust, which provides young people with an experiential understanding of the enormous hardships facin...
Harvey Milk Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Harvey Milk, an iconic leader of the gay rights movement in the 1970s. Using what they learn about Mi...
Marco Polo Lesson Plan: Write a Diary
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students use BrainPOP resources to learn about the 13th century merchant Marco Polo and his adventurous journey along the Silk Road and deep into Asia. ...
Muhammad Ali Lesson Plan: Write a Freestyle Poem
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the life of boxing champ Muhammad Ali, one of the most iconic athletes of the 20th century. After exploring A...
Motown Lesson Plan: Write a Review
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to learn about the birth of Motown, its role in racial integration of popular entertainment, and how it became the “soun...
Tuskegee Airmen Lesson Plan: Design a Time Zone X Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black military pilots who battled Nazis abroad and discriminati...
Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey – Social Studies Lesson Plan
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In this social studies lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 5-9, students will use BrainPOP resources (including a Cheyenne Odyssey online game) to explore how the lives of the Cheyenne American...
Alexander Hamilton Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Alexander Hamilton. Using what they learn about this hardworking Founding Father and about federalis...
