BrainPOP's Tim and Moby Help Teach Youngsters about Notable Women and the Fight for Women's Rights in Honor of Women's History Month.Animated Shorts Include: Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, or Elizabeth, may refer to: Living people
Bohemia Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. , Pocahontas, Anne Frank  Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (listen , Cleopatra, and FeminismO All Available For Free on Special Mini-Site NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- What is a feminist? When did women get the right to vote? Who is Anne Frank and why do we read her diary? This month, to honor Women's History ''This article is about the history of women. For information on the field of historical study, see Gender history. Women's history is the history of female human beings. Rights and equality Women's rights refers to the social and human rights of women. , Tim and Moby--the main characters of BrainPOP, the leading producer of educational online animated movies--will star in more than a dozen animations celebrating women and their struggles for equality. In so doing, Tim and Moby will introduce children to some of the incredible women who have made important contributions to the world and teach them about the political and social women's movements that have helped shape our culture. Each of the movies can be viewed for free during the month of March through a special mini-site that's accessible through BrainPOP's homepage, www.brainpop.com. "More and more, women today are breaking through glass ceilings and accomplishing goals once thought unreachable," said BrainPOP chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Avraham Kadar, M.D. "By offering animated content about leaders such as Amelia Earhart, Maya Angelou and Frida Kahlo, BrainPOP is providing kids with an accessible resource to learn about these women's triumphs. It is my hope that these movies will inspire today's children, both girls and boys, to make a positive contribution of their own in the world." BrainPOP movies that will be premiering this month in honor of women's successes worldwide are: Cleopatra, Frida Kahlo, Pocahontas, Queen Elizabeth I, Helen Keller, Jane Goodall, and Amelia Earhart. Together with a selection of previously available BrainPOP movies--Anne Frank, Maya Angelou, Agatha Christie, Marie Curie Curie (kürē`), family of French scientists. Pierre Curie, 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. , Oprah Winfrey, Feminism, and Women's Suffrage--the new topics will be featured in a special Women's History mini-site that will be free to all visitors during the month of March. To access the site, users can visit BrainPOP's homepage (www.brainpop.com) or go directly to www.brainpop.com/womenshistory. "We are really excited to be using this mini-site to highlight the works and struggles of some of the most famous women of all time," said BrainPOP editorial director Maia Weinstock. "We hope that girls and boys around the world will use these movies as a springboard to learning about the complex roles that women have played throughout history." About BrainPOP www.brainpop.com BrainPOP is the leading producer of animated educational movies for grades 3-12. With more than 1 million new viewers each month, BrainPOP offers curriculum-based content in the areas of Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology. Guided by their hosts, Tim and Moby, 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. Founded in 1999 by Avraham Kadar, M.D., BrainPOP has won multiple education and media awards and has developed partnerships with a number of international brands, including McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, Yahoo!, and AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. . In 2006, the company launched BrainPOP Junior (www.brainpopjr.com), which is targeted to children in grades K-3. Like BrainPOP, BrainPOP Junior teaches core curriculum topics in a fun and easily digestible digestible having the quality of being able to be digested. digestible energy the proportion of the potential energy in a feed which is in fact digested. digestible protein see digestible protein. manner, while correlating with national standards and testing mandates. BrainPOP is also available in Spanish at es.brainpop.com. BrainPOP's first print title, The Science Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. for Kids, was published in 2004. |
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