iCivics and BrainPOP

BrainPOP’s GameUp Presents iCivics

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Teaching U.S. Government? You'll love the iCivics games on BrainPOP's GameUp. This screencast shares best practices for getting the most of of these amazing games.  ...

Win the White House Social Studies Game

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Visit the Lesson Ideas page to find resources for Win the White House, a free online civics and social studies game....

Tilting Temperatures Lesson Plan: Seasonal Temperature Changes vs. Global Climate Change

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore how the tilt of the Earth creates seasonal temperatures. Students will learn how global warming is c...

Brainstorming Web

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A Brainstorming Web graphic organizer is helpful for keeping brainstormed ideas organized, and pre-planning a project or writing assignment. In the middle, students write in the main idea or central c...

Teaching with Games: GLPC Case Study: Steve

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The Joan Ganz Cooney Center released new research from the Games and Learning Publishing Council initiative.  They conducted a series of video case studies and a national survey, Teacher Attitudes abo...

Branches of Government Lesson Plan: The Online LawCraft Game

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In this branches of government lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students use BrainPOP's LawCraft online social studies game to explore the relationship between the three branches of th...

Managing Diabetes Lesson Plan: The Diabetic Dog Game

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In this diabetic dog lesson plan about managing diabetes, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to identify the elements a diabetic person (or in this game, a dog!) needs...

Jane Goodall Lesson Plan: Primates Research

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In this Jane Goodall lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore Goodall’s work with primates. Students will also list and discuss facts they learned ab...

Human Interaction with the Environment Lesson Plan: Creating Video Documentaries

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In this environment lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students use BrainPOP resources to develop an understanding of how people impact the natural environment of different regions, as w...

Harlem Renaissance Lesson Plan: Creating Interactive Presentations and Non-Fiction Comics

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to research, evaluate, and synthesize information about the Harlem Renaissance from a variety of resources. Stu...