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Teaching World War II using PowerPoint

World War II is one of the richest topics to explore in the U.S. history classroom, with its epic battles, ideological conflicts and action spanning several continents. World War II can be taught in a stimulating manner by U.S. history teachers if they... Read >

Teaching the Vietnam War using PowerPoint Lesson Plans

Teaching the Vietnam War in all its complexity can be difficult for teachers who are still using traditional classroom materials like the blackboard, whiteboard and projector. The range of issues involved in teaching the Vietnam War for both U.S. hist... Read >

Teaching the Progressive Era using Classroom Games and PowerPoints

The Progressive Era can be one of the most interesting periods in U.S. history class, covering a wide range of topics, from immigration and urbanization to prohibition and corruption. The era includes colorful subjects like prohibition and colorful c... Read >

Teaching the History of Industrial America using PowerPoints

The rise of Industrial America is an important focus for teachers of U.S. history in that it is the bedrock of student’s understanding of the country from the 18h century to the present day. However, U.S. history teachers often have difficulty present... Read >

Teaching The Great Depression Using PowerPoint

Teaching the Great Depression is a challenge for U.S. history teachers across the country. These days, with students spending a lot of their free time surfing the web, using smart phones and playing video games, it can de difficult to explain in classroom... Read >

Teaching U.S. Foreign Policy using PowerPoint

Planning classes for teaching U.S. foreign policy can be an arduous task, considering how this subject has evolved over time, and the many different ways of looking at it. Professionally made PowerPoint lesson plans are a great way to help teachers start... Read >

Teaching the Civil War Era with PowerPoint

Planning lessons on the Civil War is a challenge for every instructor of U.S. history. It is a complex period, with many important points to cover. On top of that, it is a subject that may seem like ancient history to today’s iPhone wielding, tech-savvy s... Read >

Teaching U.S. Civil Rights Movement history with PowerPoint

The Civil Rights Movement is perhaps one of the most popular subjects in U.S. history class. It is arguably one of the few periods in U.S. history where the main players were not figures in high office but men and women on the street who fought for their ... Read >

Teaching 1960s History with PowerPoint

The 1960s era, well known for the anti-war movement, civil rights movement and the counter culture is arguably one of the most popular periods in U.S. history classes as well as in social studies class. However, the development of effective lesson plan... Read >

Teaching the 1950s in U.S. History Using PowerPoint and Media Libraries

The 1950s were dominated by the conflict between capitalism and communism and the start of the space race as well as war, e.g. The Cold War, The Korean War, the start of the Vietnam War and many tribal wars in Africa, as countries began to assert their in... Read >

U.S. History Photo Libraries: Teaching with Historical Photos

U.S. History Photo Libraries are an excellent resource for history teachers to use as they formulate history lesson plans. They offer thousands of primary source documents such as charts, graphs, photographs, art and even political cartoons from various p... Read >

Making a History Teacher's Life Easier with Pre-made History PowerPoints

Pre-made history PowerPoint lessons are an option for teachers who either do not have the time to prepare history lesson plans from scratch or who are not comfortable in using educational technology to prepare history lesson plans from scratch. Pre-mad... Read >

Teaching History with Classroom Games

Teaching history with classroom games can be fun as well as educational. Games are a useful addition to the history lesson plan in that they break the routine of book-based activities. They also make for more interaction between students and teachers ... Read >

Some helpful teaching aids for history teachers

PowerPoint is a helpful tool for history teachers, and is one of the leading educational technology programs worldwide used for presentations. PowerPoint optimizes the popular slideshow format for the presentation of lesson plans and is a step beyond the ... Read >

PowerPoint for Teaching Government

Do you struggle to explain the complexities of government to students during lessons? Do you find the attention of students wandering in classroom activities? Then it might be worthwhile to present your lesson plans with PowerPoint. PowerPoint for tea... Read >