INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE

Name: Maya Pitcher

Software Title: BrainPop
URL: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/eleanorroosevelt/
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: Engaging for students, multiple content area, colorful and fun
characters, user friendly, easy navigation
Suggestions for Improvement: Multi user opportunities, more languages, more of the same
content
Standards Addressed: See https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/Default.aspx
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded peoples
rights and freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (womens
rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II),
Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B.
Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and Csar Chvez (workers rights).
Grade Level/Content Area(s): 3rd grade/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: The teacher will introduce Eleanor Roosevelt
using a video from BrainPop. As a hook the student will ask Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?. The
students will watch the BrainPop video and think of two important facts about Eleanor Roosevelt.
The students will share the things they remember from the video. We will go back and watch the
video again for review. The goal is to receive one idea from every student in the classroom.
Student will pick one of the ideas they like most about Eleanor Roosevelt and as a class, we will
create a podcast. Every student will get a chance to record their thoughts on the topic. The podcast
will be uploaded to our class blog. As and extension, students will pick one of the other persons of
interest. Either as a team or individually, they will research their selected person of interest and
create their own podcasts to upload to the class blog.
* Examples of common instructional models include whole group, teacher-led, student self-paced, small
group, or individual learning activities. Use as many of these descriptors or other descriptors as apply.