BrainPOP’s GameUp Presents iCivics

June 20, 2012
Teaching U.S. Government? You'll love the iCivics games on BrainPOP's GameUp. This screencast shares best practices for getting the most of ...

Dr. King, Similes and Metaphors Lesson Plan: Identifying Literary Conventions in a Historical Speech

June 7, 2012
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3 to 5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the purpose of similes and metaphors. ...

On Your Feedback

April 29, 2016
Recently, a 4th- and 5th-grade teacher at a local New York City elementary school communicated a wish to see a BrainPOP topic on the histori...

Vocabulary Development Lesson Plan: Using a Word Map

August 26, 2018
Students explore and make connections between terms and concepts associated with a BrainPOP topic.  ...

Jim Crow Lesson Plan: Oral Argument Against Segregation

May 30, 2018
This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, invites students to explore BrainPOP resources to learn about Jim Crow laws that encouraged seg...

Sortify: World-Changing Women

September 16, 2016
In Sortify: World-Changing Women, students categorize and sort information from BrainPOP movies into bins representing key concepts....

Cause and Effect

June 21, 2012
This graphic organizer is helpful for identifying cause and effect relationships. Use it across all subject areas including reading, social ...

GameUp Games Overview Screencast

June 25, 2012
Watch this overview screencast about BrainPOP’s GameUp and discover the amazing games from award-winning partners that we’ve curated for stu...

Active Viewing Strategies

April 20, 2020
Active viewing strategies make movie watching a participatory and interactive lesson.  In this tutorial, veteran teacher Robert Miller demon...