CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
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...
Figurative Language Lesson Plan: Craft and Structure
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Figurative Language, and addresses the standard of interpreting the me...
Research Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Research, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each section.
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Activate prio...
Cancer Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Cancer, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each section.
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Activate prio...
Mission US Lesson Plan: For Crown or Colony?
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, centers around Mission US: For Crown or Colony?, a game in which students take on the role of an apprentice to a newspaper printer in Boston in 1770--a tim...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Lesson Plan: Make a Newsreel
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore BrainPOP features and resources about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including the events that led up to it and the aftereffect...
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...
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...
National Parks Lesson Plan: Research a National Park
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, invites students to explore BrainPOP resources to learn about America’s National Parks, from the history of why they were established to how they provide s...
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...
