INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE

Name: Lexie Fuhrman

Software Title: BrainPop
URL: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/johnfkennedy/
Function(s) of Instructional Software (check all that apply):
Drill and Practice

Tutorial

Simulation

Instructional Game

e-books/e-references

Features of the Software (check all that apply):

Assessment Monitoring/Reporting (Keeps track of student data and/or generates reports for
the teacher)
Allows teacher to create customized lessons for students
Multi-user or
collaborative functions with others in class
Multi-user or collaborative functions with others
beyond local class
Accessible to students beyond the school day
Accessible via mobile
devices
Multiple languages
Safety, security, and/or privacy features
Strengths of the Software: Standard-based, engaging, lesson plans included, fun quizzes and
games for students, kids and teachers love it
Suggestions for Improvement: Add more videos, add interactivity, more detailed assessments
Standards Addressed: See https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/Default.aspx
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between
1950-1975.
a. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board
of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights
Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F.
Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.
Grade Level/Content Area(s): 5th/Social Studies
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply). See
http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: To introduce the study of famous people, I will
use the John F. Kennedy BrainPop video to engage the students. I will start the lesson by asking
students if they know what _________ is. After a short discussion, I will challenge the students to see
if our predictions were correct. Students will watch the John F. Kennedy video. Students will also
be asked to remember one interesting fact about John F. Kennedy.
After watching the video, the students will share their interesting fact. The teacher will list all the
responses on chart paper or the IWB. If there are not enough response for each child (1 to 1 ratio),
then continue until enough responses are provided. Each child will select one of the facts to create
an illustration. After the drawings have been completed with at least one sentence to support the
drawing, the teacher will use her camera to create a digital image. All images will be added to a
PowerPoint slide show, where the students will narrate their image. The PowerPoint will be
converted to a movie format and uploaded to the classroom blog.
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To extend this activity, students will select one of the other famous people to research. Students
can work independently or in small groups. Final presentations will be added to the classroom
blog.