Court System Lesson Plan: Civic and Political Institutions

August 23, 2023
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Court System Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Court System, supp...

U.S. Constitution Lesson Plan: Government

September 24, 2021
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the U.S. Constitution Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic U.S. Constitu...

‘Pedagogical Pain Points’ – Your Input on Educational Games

October 21, 2011
Beth Quinn is Research Director at Filament Games. Prior to joining Filament's team, Dr. Quinn was a professor of sociology, specializing in...

BrainPOP and Project-based Learning- A Perfect Match

February 6, 2014
Guest blogger Donna Adams Román shares her approach to project-based learning with the use of BrainPOP. Inspiring independent thinking is...

Race to Ratify Lesson Plan: Race to Ratify Game

March 13, 2019
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called Race to Ratify that brings them back in time to 1787 and into th...

Roles of Government Lesson Plan: Branches of Power Game

September 27, 2021
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play an iCivics game called Branches of Power that allows them to experience the ro...

Curricular Tie-Ins – June & July

June 1, 2010
Keep this list of BrainPOP movies handy, and check our online Curriculum Calendar for additional tie-ins. ♦ June 5: Show our Humans and t...

August: New Content and Curricular Tie-Ins

August 14, 2011
The Latest on BrainPOP ELL: Our award-winning English language learning resource continues to expand! We've now completed Level 2's Unit...

Guest Blogger Laura Brown – Reflections on Science Education in Shanghai

November 17, 2011
With all the buzz at  BrainPOP about the STEM video game challenge and this week's Global Education Conference, today we welcome Guest Blogg...

Lesson Plans for Presidential Primary Day

February 7, 2012
Many BrainPOP Educators are using the latest developments in the presidential election campaigns to teach their students about democracy, vo...