NEW YORK--()--Black History Month gets animated this February. More than a dozen animation shorts honoring some of the most well known African Americans — including Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson and Oprah Winfrey — and detailing the history of the African American experience from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance are being offered free of charge by BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) throughout the month of February as a salute to African American culture.
“It is a way of alternative learning that works for all children. Every parent needs to be aware of this wonderful tool.”
Other featured BrainPOP movies for Black History Month include: Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Brown vs. Board of Education, the Underground Railroad, Civil Rights, The Civil War, and Apartheid. A special mini-site including all Black History Month topics can be accessed from the BrainPOP home page.
With an archive of almost 600 movies, BrainPOP is the most prolific online producer of animated educational movies. Their shorts, which star the popular Tim and Moby characters, cover not only core curriculum subjects (including science, English, social studies, and math), but also hot current-event topics such as stem cell research, terrorism, SARS, tsunamis, and Avian Flu.
“BrainPOP is a unique and effective learning mechanism whose content is exceptional—from educational curriculum to serious illness explanations that kids can understand,” said Wintley Phipps, president of U.S. Dream Academy, a national educational program for children challenged by domestic concerns. “It is a way of alternative learning that works for all children. Every parent needs to be aware of this wonderful tool.”
Approximately twenty-five percent of schools in the United States currently subscribe to BrainPOP. Children across the nation have come to trust and count on Tim and Moby not only for the information they get from BrainPOP movies, but for advice and homework help, which are also available from its website. What’s more, BrainPOP’s movies have been proven to engage children in the classroom and to keep their attention focused—an issue teachers constantly raise as one of the biggest struggles they routinely face.
“We are thrilled and honored to be able to deliver quality content regarding Black History Month to our network of millions of children,” said BrainPOP chairman and CEO Avraham Kadar, M.D. “It makes us proud to know that kids truly enjoy our movies and that teachers have come to rely on us to cover important subjects. Through technology and the basic principles of teaching, we are able to have a profound effect on these students.”
BrainPOP is headquartered in New York City. To view BrainPOP movies or to learn more about this company, visit www.brainpop.com.
About BrainPOP
BrainPOP, founded in 1999 by Avraham Kadar, M.D., is the leading producer of animated educational movies for grades 3-12. Millions of students regularly watch BrainPOP movies and exchange messages with a dynamic cast of characters who lead them through related activities on the BrainPOP web site, including homework help, interactive quizzes, comic strips, and experiments. Twenty-five percent of U.S. schools subscribe to BrainPOP and integrate its offerings into daily curriculum. The company has developed partnerships with Time Warner, Popular Science, McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, AOL @ SCHOOL, Yahoo! and Road Runner. BrainPOP has won multiple education and media awards including: the District Administration Curriculum Award; top honors at the Flash Film Festival; Forbes Best of the Web; and AEP’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Educational Websites for Children. BrainPOP's first print title, The Science Almanac for Kids, was published in 2004.
In early 2006, BrainPOP also launched BrainPOP en Español (http://es.brainpop.com/), which is designed for Spanish-speaking students. And in September 2006 the company launched BrainPOP Junior (http://www.brainpopjr.com), designed specifically for children in grades K-3.
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