Famous Historical Figures Lesson Plan: Who Am I?

August 14, 2011
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for any grade level, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the life and works of historical fig...

Remembering Nelson Mandela

December 6, 2013
In memory of Nelson Mandela, today's featured movie is about Apartheid....

Fill in the Sentence ELL Modifications and More

November 28, 2016
Fill in the Sentence Challenges offer an opportunity for ELLs and other students to apply their understanding of the new vocabulary. To supp...

Spotlight: Black History Month

February 10, 2011
From the Underground Railroad and Frederick Douglass to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and everything in between, our Spotlight: Bla...

Ideas for Using BrainPOP Jr. to Teach Social Studies

October 10, 2013
BrainPOP Jr. can help you teach and reinforce geography, history, government, economics, citizenship, communities, and other social studies ...

Tips for Using the BrainPOP Jr. Quiz Feature

October 6, 2013
Each BrainPOP Jr. topic page features two 5 question quizzes: an easy version and a hard version. Both versions provide a print option as we...

Beginning Vocabulary Activities Learning Strategy

September 16, 2013
The following is a series of activities to teach themed vocabulary to beginners. For each of these games, you must have either a picture to ...

Lesson Ideas for Using BrainPOP to Teach About Holidays

December 5, 2012
BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer lots of seasonal movie topic pages. Here are some ideas for using Brainpop to teach about holidays:...

Using BrainPOP Jr. to teach about U.S. symbols

April 10, 2015
This screencast shares a variety of ways teachers can use the free BrainPOP Jr. movie U.S. Symbols to help K-3 students understand the histo...

August & Early September Curricular Tie-Ins

August 3, 2010
Keep this list of BrainPOP movies handy, and check out our online Curriculum Calendar for additional tie-ins. ♦ August 4: Jazz things up ...