zZsKudu5JTnAN6bnooGU3ATWPHvUAFUvhoWKXLLF6nMRL3KCRx1yHhQNw7MPyiU-sXFVmIaJZSXv7-nHvSip0M-fWdkrIsqLlYNzm0hHT4qR-lTfl9FOKq2cYvxyMPJoqfM
{"synopsis":"Brilliant poet, respected actor, devoted activist, beloved professor. Maya Angelou thrived in an impressive number of roles during her 86 years. Angelou was most well known for her best-selling memoir, \u003Ci\u003EI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,\u003C\/i\u003E a lyrical account of her troubled childhood. The racism and sexism Angelou endured growing up as an African-American girl in the Jim Crow South had a profound impact on her work. She overcame immense struggles and eventually found incredible success. In 2011, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor for an American citizen. Press \"play\" to find out more about why this author is still so widely read today in classrooms across the country and all around the world. ","name":"Maya Angelou","display_name":"","name_app":"","EntryID":"2973","courses":[],"free":"no","permafree":"","d_updated":"0","sensitive_content":"This movie includes brief references to child abuse and its traumatic effects.","subtitles":[{"language":"en","label":"English","file":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/movies\/subtitles_en.vtt"}],"show_on_site":"Yes","moe_approved":null,"lesson_plan":"https:\/\/educators.brainpop.com\/bp-topic\/maya-angelou\/","icons":{"high_res_icon":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/icon.png","high_res_icon_180x180":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/icon_180x180.png","high_res_icon_360x360":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/icon_360x360.png"},"screenshots":["\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/screenshot1.png","\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/screenshot2.png","\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/screenshot3.png"],"movies":{"high":"\/new_common_images\/ipad_movies\/28\/281451.mp4","low":"\/new_common_images\/iphone_movies\/28\/281450.mp4","high_v2":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/movies\/281447.mp4","low_v2":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/movies\/281448.mp4","flash":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/mysteries.swf"},"related_jr_topics":[],"related_topics":[{"EntryID":"225","name":"Civil Rights","name_app":"","free":"","show_free_tag":"","d_creation":"1141326360","url":"\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/","icons":{"high_res_icon":"\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/icon.png","high_res_icon_180x180":"\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/icon_180x180.png","high_res_icon_360x360":"\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/icon_360x360.png"},"screenshots":["\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/screenshot1.png","\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/screenshot2.png","\/socialstudies\/ushistory\/civilrights\/screenshot3.png"],"d_updated":"0","product":"bp"},{"EntryID":"2867","name":"Poetry","name_app":"","free":"","show_free_tag":"","d_creation":"1163135400","url":"\/english\/writing\/poetry\/","icons":{"high_res_icon":"\/english\/writing\/poetry\/icon.png","high_res_icon_180x180":"\/english\/writing\/poetry\/icon_180x180.png","high_res_icon_360x360":"\/english\/writing\/poetry\/icon_360x360.png"},"screenshots":["\/english\/writing\/poetry\/screenshot1.png","\/english\/writing\/poetry\/screenshot2.png","\/english\/writing\/poetry\/screenshot3.png"],"d_updated":"0","product":"bp"},{"EntryID":"6101","name":"Emily Dickinson","name_app":"","free":"","show_free_tag":"","d_creation":"1458792000","url":"\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/","icons":{"high_res_icon":"\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/icon.png","high_res_icon_180x180":"\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/icon_180x180.png","high_res_icon_360x360":"\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/icon_360x360.png"},"screenshots":["\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/screenshot1.png","\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/screenshot2.png","\/english\/writing\/emilydickinson\/screenshot3.png"],"d_updated":"0","product":"bp"},{"EntryID":"7786","name":"Making Inferences","name_app":"","free":"","show_free_tag":"","d_creation":"1662523140","url":"\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/","icons":{"high_res_icon":"\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/icon.png","high_res_icon_180x180":"\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/icon_180x180.png","high_res_icon_360x360":"\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/icon_360x360.png"},"screenshots":["\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/screenshot1.png","\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/screenshot2.png","\/english\/writing\/makinginferences\/screenshot3.png"],"d_updated":"0","product":"bp"}],"path":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/","related_games":[{"EntryID":"291","name":"Sortify: World-Changing Women","url":"\/games\/sortifyworldchangingwomen\/","type":"sortify","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"485FDA0E-3022-11E9-8B1C-AB605D5A125F"},{"EntryID":"393","name":"Time Zone X: Civil Rights","url":"\/games\/timezonexcivilrights\/","type":"timezonex","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"3957A47C-2F4D-11E9-A0E3-A0F4F9994531"},{"EntryID":"708","name":"The Meaning of Beep: Emily Dickinson","url":"\/games\/mobemilydickinson\/","type":"meaningofbeep","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"3BEB3634-2F72-11E9-AA42-C456898999A0"},{"EntryID":"775","name":"Time Zone X: Poetry","url":"\/games\/timezonexpoetry\/","type":"timezonex","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"9CC58450-2F59-11E9-B5AA-A0473EAB21C7"},{"EntryID":"809","name":"Sortify: Writers","url":"\/games\/sortifywriters\/","type":"generic_game","alignments_description":"Show your knowledge of literature by sorting writers according to selected categories. Use strategy to up your points!","alignment_guid":""}],"sortify_games":[{"EntryID":"291","name":"Sortify: World-Changing Women"}],"features":[{"type":"quiz","feature_id":"13115","name":"Quiz","feature_name":"Quiz","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/quiz\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/quiz_svg_icon.svg"},{"type":"challenge","feature_id":"32246","name":"Challenge","feature_name":"Challenge","alignments_description":"Interactive tasks that playfully assess knowledge of a topic.","alignment_guid":"61CC0AE4-2F5A-11E9-9C7E-A7943A13E55B","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/challenge\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/challenge_svg_icon.svg"},{"feature_id":"2973","type":"concept_map","name":"Make-a-Map","alignments_description":"A concept mapping tool.","alignment_guid":"6262E4AA-2F5A-11E9-997A-B45B081A2F0A","url":"\/make-a-map\/?topic=\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":""},{"feature_id":"2973","type":"make_a_movie","name":"Make-a-Movie","alignments_description":"A movie-making tool to produce BrainPOP-style movies.","alignment_guid":"63831C74-2F5A-11E9-BF5B-B90CAA2494B8","url":"\/make-a-movie\/?topic=2973","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":""},{"type":"coding","feature_id":"39990","name":"Creative Coding","feature_name":"Creative coding","alignments_description":"Coding projects offered in both text- and block-based coding languages.","alignment_guid":"64BA2574-2F5A-11E9-BD7A-D2D7F7114567","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/creativecoding\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/creativecoding_svg_icon.svg","coding_types":{"museum":{"type":"museum","instructions":"Code a digital museum to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"story":{"type":"story","instructions":"Code a conversation to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"game":{"type":"game","instructions":"Code a sorting game to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"flag":{"type":"flag","instructions":"Create a flag that represents Maya Angelou."},"comic":{"type":"comic","instructions":"Create a comic about Maya Angelou."},"newscast":{"type":"newscast","instructions":"Create a newscast about Maya Angelou."},"meme":{"type":"meme","instructions":"Create a meme about Maya Angelou's life."}}},{"type":"primary_source_html","feature_id":"46921","name":"Primary Source","feature_name":"Primary Source","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"58358990-088A-11EC-AD27-8E17425251A1","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/primarysource\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/primarysource_svg_icon.svg"},{"type":"related_reading","feature_id":"47732","name":"Related Reading","feature_name":"Related Reading","alignments_description":"High-interest, informational texts that extend understanding of a topic.","alignment_guid":"C19F50DA-EF87-11EB-B107-8ACA5B3CE97E","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/relatedreading\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/relatedreading_svg_icon.svg"},{"type":"transcript","feature_id":"32460","name":"Movie Transcript","feature_name":"Transcript","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/transcript\/","icon":""},{"type":"worksheet","feature_id":"43694","name":"Worksheet","feature_name":"Worksheet","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"5079B038-0889-11EC-A275-D91B28AB9CA8","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/worksheet\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/worksheet_svg_icon.svg"},{"type":"graphic_organizer","feature_id":"43693","name":"Graphic Organizer","feature_name":"Graphic Organizer","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"504978A0-0889-11EC-A3D6-F4766D433F50","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/graphicorganizer\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/graphicorganizer_svg_icon.svg"},{"type":"vocabulary","feature_id":"43695","name":"Vocabulary","feature_name":"Vocabulary","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"50F01DAE-0889-11EC-AAEF-D43482F9D10E","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/vocabulary\/","icon":"\/assets\/images\/vocabulary_svg_icon.svg"},{"EntryID":"708","game":"true","name":"Meaning of Beep","game_name":"The Meaning of Beep: Emily Dickinson","alignment_guid":"3BEB3634-2F72-11E9-AA42-C456898999A0","alignments_description":"","url":"\/games\/mobemilydickinson\/","type":"meaningofbeep","icon":"\/assets\/images\/meaningofbeep_svg_icon.svg","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes"},{"EntryID":"291","game":"true","name":"Sortify","alignment_guid":"485FDA0E-3022-11E9-8B1C-AB605D5A125F","game_name":"Sortify: World-Changing Women","alignments_description":"","url":"\/games\/sortifyworldchangingwomen\/?topic_id=d191327e7df76a51","type":"sortify","icon":"\/assets\/images\/sortify_svg_icon.svg","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes","count":1},{"EntryID":"393","game":"true","name":"Time Zone X","game_name":"Time Zone X: Civil Rights","alignments_description":"","alignment_guid":"3957A47C-2F4D-11E9-A0E3-A0F4F9994531","url":"\/games\/timezonexcivilrights\/","type":"timezonex","icon":"\/assets\/images\/timezonex_svg_icon.svg","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"Yes"},{"EntryID":"809","game":"true","name":"GameUp","url":"\/games\/game-finder\/?game_keyword=topic: Maya Angelou&topic_id=d191327e7df76a51","type":"generic_game","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","icon":"\/assets\/images\/gameup_svg_icon.svg","count":5}],"feature_promo":{"featured_1":{"title":"Make-a-Movie","type":"make_a_movie","image":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/293975.png","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/makeamovie"},"featured_2":{"title":"Creative Coding","type":"coding","image":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/293976.png","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/creativecoding"}},"themes":[],"alignment_guid":"613793A0-2F5A-11E9-8226-C0F0290AB085"}
{"type":"coding","name":"Creative Coding","requires_flash":"","small_screen_compatible":"","url":"\/english\/famousauthorsandbooks\/mayaangelou\/creativecoding\/","EntryID":"39990","icon":"\/assets\/images\/creativecoding_svg_icon.svg","html_version":"","data":{"museum":{"type":"museum","instructions":"Code a digital museum to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"story":{"type":"story","instructions":"Code a conversation to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"game":{"type":"game","instructions":"Code a sorting game to show what you know about Maya Angelou."},"flag":{"type":"flag","instructions":"Create a flag that represents Maya Angelou."},"comic":{"type":"comic","instructions":"Create a comic about Maya Angelou."},"newscast":{"type":"newscast","instructions":"Create a newscast about Maya Angelou."},"meme":{"type":"meme","instructions":"Create a meme about Maya Angelou's life."}}}
For best experience, access this project full size.
Creative Coding
Beep!
Your project on Topic was successfully submitted to Class.
Your project on Topic was successfully submitted to Class.
Start a new project
Go to My Projects
Log out
Limited Student Access
This topic is not available for students in Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade and 12th Grade. Contact your administrator for guidance on teaching this topic.