Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Water Safety Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Use these prompts to encourage a class discussion before, during and after watching the Water Safety movie. ...

Nellie Bly Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Use these prompts to encourage a class discussion before, during and after watching the Nellie Bly movie. ...

Voting Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

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Use these prompts to encourage a class discussion before, during and after watching the Voting movie. ...

Malcolm X Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Use these prompts to encourage a class discussion before, during and after watching the Malcolm X movie. ...

September 11th Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

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Use these prompts to encourage a class discussion before, during and after watching the September 11th movie. ...

Make-a-Movie Lesson Plan: Produce a Public Service Announcement (PSA)

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Students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about a health or safety topic and present their findings as a public service announcement using BrainPOP’s Make-a-Movie tool....

Women Who Made a Difference: Tell a Story Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, invites students to explore BrainPOP resources to learn about a great woman in history, the share her story by describing the effects of her actions. ...

Particle Accelerators Lesson Plan: When Particles Collide Movie

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP features and resources about particle accelerators, including what they are, what they do, and why scientists developed them.T...

Discussion Questions for the Bird Song Hero Game

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Guide students to explore the following questions for the Bird Song Hero game: How is a spectrogram similar to a musical score? What can you learn from a spectrogram that is different fr...

Ethics Lesson Plan: Determining What is Right and Solving Conflicts

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In this ethics lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students will use BrainPOP resources to explore the basics of ethics and morality. They will reflect on how we determine what is right a...