Using BrainPOP (and BrainPOP Jr!) With The Good and The Beautiful History 1
Our Favorite Online Resource
As homeschoolers, we all have our favorite resources. BrainPOP has to be my all time favorite online resource. BrainPOP covers a wide range of topics with short informative and often funny videos that my kids find engaging. Tim and Moby always have a fun take on events and topics and the extra sections with games, more information, and even primary source materials makes BrainPOP our first stop when we want to dig deeper on a topic.
Subscribing to BrainPOP
Tim and Moby in the George Washington Video
There are a few ways to subscribe to BrainPOP to access the videos. There is a Family Membership that allows you 24-hour access with one login. There is also a Homeschool Membership that allows for 24-hour use for up to three students. The Homeschool Membership gives access to MyBrainPOP where you can assign sections and videos to your students. We use the single login membership and haven’t had any trouble. I use my lesson plans on Homeschool Planet to “assign” the videos or materials and that has worked well for us. Also check with your local school district. Some districts have an account that you are able to use.
The Memberships to the site are available through BrainPOP directly, but you can save 25% on the yearly membership by purchasing through Homeschool Buyers Co-op.
| Family Membership | Homeschool Membership | |
|---|---|---|
| Directly From BrainPOP | $115 yearly | $240 yearly |
| Through Homeschool Buyers Co-op | $86.25 yearly (current group price) |
$180.00 yearly (current group price) |
BrainPOP and The Good and the Beautiful History 1
Along with our book of time and timeline figures, we use BrainPOP videos and materials to deepen our history studies. This list lines out the BrainPOP topics we are using with The Good and the Beautiful History 1 to enrich each topic. I like to split screen between the lesson and the BrainPop page so we can explore the materials more easily.
How We Use BrainPOP – Split Screened With TGTB History 1 PDF
11/07/17 Update – I have added links to BrainPOP Jr. videos also. BrainPOP Jr. is aimed at a younger audience. and is a separate subscription from BrainPOP. BrainPOP Jr. is slightly less expensive than BrainPOP and is available through the same links for BrainPOP above.
Unit 1 – Ancient History
| Lesson | BrainPOP | BrainPOP Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Egypt: Government and Buildings | Seven Wonders | Ancient Egypt |
| Ancient Egypt: Afterlife & Herodotus | Mummies | |
| Egypt from 600BC to Modern Day | Egyptian Pharaohs |
Unit 2 – Middle Ages & Renaissance
| Lesson | BrainPOP | BrainPOP Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Britain | Building Basics (mentions Stonehenge) | |
| Spread of Christianity in Ireland/St. Patrick | St. Patrick’s Day | |
| Spread of Christianity in England | Fall of the Roman Empire (Constantine) | |
| Life in the Middle Ages | Feudalism | |
| Magna Carta | Magna Carta | |
| Black Death and Renaissance | Black Death | |
| Scientific Revolution | Copernicus | Moon (mentions Galileo) |
| Faithful French Huguenots | Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus |
Unit 3 – French and Indian War through Revolutionary War
| Lesson | BrainPOP | BrainPOP Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Young George Washington | George Washington | George Washington |
| French & Indian War | French and Indian War | Iroquois |
| Reasons for a Revolution | Causes of the American Revolution | |
| Sons of Liberty and Boston Tea Party | American Revolution | |
| 2nd Continental Congress | US Constitution | President |
| Character of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson | |
| Coming Forth of Declaration of Independence | Declaration of Independence | |
| Valley Forge and Alliance with France | Alexander Hamilton | |
| Articles of Confederation | Articles of Confederation | |
| The Blessings of a Constitutional Democratic Republic | Democracy | Local and State Governments (talks about what government is) |
Unit 4 – Victorian Era, History of Flight, Cold War Era
| Lesson | BrainPOP | BrainPOP Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Victorian Period | Industrial Revolution | |
| Two Famous Victorians | Charles Darwin | |
| History of Flight | Amelia Earhart | Amelia Earhart |
| Cold War Part 1: Berlin Blockade | Great Depression | |
| Cold War Part 2: Rebellion and Resistance | Communism | |
| Space Race | Apollo Project | Moon (mentions Neil Armstrong) |
| Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan |