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U.S. History scripts for Microsoft PowerPoint
Second Great Awakening and Reformers of the 1800s - A Play
"Dr. Phil Interviews the Second Great Awakening Preachers and the Reformers." This purpose of this play is to help students understand the connection between the Second Great Awakening and the Reforms of the early 1800s and to help students identify each reformer and his or her cause. To keep students engaged, some students will read while others will jot notes onto a chart. After the play is over, students who wrote will share their notes and a discussion will help students fill in their cha
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8th - 10th
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US History for AP/College(52 PPT/750 slides+Texts+Rec.Videos) by PhD in History
Dear colleagues,This is my best course, which is suitable for both AP classes and university lectures. I hope it will equip your students with everything they need to know about US History.The course includes:52 high-quality presentations with over 750 slides (concluding with the George W. Bush administration)39 .docx files containing concise information for your classes. These texts are based on my lectures, organized in a more coherent manner with the help of AIA file with links to more than 1
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Ohio Native American Indians
Text books often leave students with an incomplete picture of history - both visually and information-wise. My slideshow on Ohio Native American Indians can fill the gap as either an introduction to Native Americans, an expansion to what’s in the text book, or a review when you want to wind up your studies on this part of Ohio history. The unit includes 31 slides and 12 pages of detailed script. The first two-thirds of the slide show focus on Native American history and daily life, including:
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4th - 8th
John Adams Presidency Complete Lesson with Skit!
Engage your students in this lesson about America's second president! Students will learn and do the following in this lesson: -Election of 1796 (Analyze Electoral College Maps and answer questions)-Foreign Policy Strategies: Diplomacy, trade sanctions, embargo, military aid and military action-Causes for tension with France in late 1700s: Discuss which foreign policy strategy they would use if they were president-XYZ Affair and Quasi War: Reading and Questions, + Act out a Skit, with PowerPoin
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Early Presidents Unit: Washington to Monroe
The Triangle Trade and The Middle Atlantic Passage
Offer your students a visual introduction to the slave trading that took place for nearly 300 years between Europe, Africa and the Americas. This slide show on “The Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage” has dramatic illustrations and is accompanied by 8 pages of detailed notes with over 90 facts that you can use to narrate the 22-slide presentation. Areas covered by the slide show include:Atlantic trade routesCapturing and selling African slavesConditions and death on slave shipsSlave auctionsW
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5th - 9th
The California Gold Rush And You
With only a few pages in the text book devoted to the California Gold Rush, you know your students aren’t getting a real feel for this exciting time in U.S. history. This interactive unit — The California Gold Rush and You — has 40 pages of information and illustrations. The unit includes a slide show with 27 slides and a 10-page script with more than 100 bulleted points. Five interactive slides spaced throughout the presentation will ask your students to take notes about • the journey alon
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4th - 8th
The Pony Express And You
How much space does your textbook devote to The Pony Express - maybe a couple of paragraphs? This exciting time in U.S. history deserves better than that, and with “The Pony Express And You,” your students will readily identify with the young men who rode for the service and the dangers they faced. The 26-page slide show I’ve created is full of colorful illustrations (more than 100 pictures) and offers students four opportunities to write a journal entry as though they were a rider on The Pony
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4th - 8th
A Virtual Field Trip to Colonial Williamsburg
This PowerPoint presentation takes the viewer on a virtual field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, a reconstruction of the Virginia settlement that played an important role leading up to the American Revolution. A complete script is included. No other teacher preparation is required.
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5th - 12th
Loyalist Vs. Patriot Mock Town Council- 5th Grade Social Studies
My fifth graders absolutely LOVED doing this lesson. It was really easy to do and didn't take a lot of time (the lesson took about 30-45 mins). And I felt like my students really understood the difference between a Loyalist's views and a Patriot's views at the end of the lesson. The document includes a link to the Prezi presentation I made for this lesson. Plus it has all the scripted parts for the mock town council for you to print and a lesson plan explaining how I taught this lesson. It
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5th
United States History Tariff of Abominations Simulation
This simulation helps students understand why the South hated Protective Tariffs. The simulation involves allowing two sellers to sell either candy or a homework pass. One group sells for double the price since it must charge a tariff. One group of students is "set up" to have to buy the more expensive product. Included with the simulation is a short play to further the student's understanding. Thanks for your interest.
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8th - 10th
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Bundle: American History reader's theater
Save time and 50% off of individual pricing ($24) with this American History Reader’s theater bundle. It contains 35 reader’s theater scripts, 3 research and role play activities, lesson plans, Power Points, rubrics, printables, extension activities and instructions on how to use the resources within. Reader’s theater brings a here and now feel to history while giving students an authentic reason to read and reread. Repeated readings with intonation and expression further deepens understandin
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6th - 10th
World War 1 for 4th Graders
Maybe your 4th Grade Social Studies text book only has two paragraphs on World War I — but you want your students to know more about this cataclysmic event in world history. Maybe not dates and major players and specific battles, but just a feel for the kind of war it was, and how it changed the history of warfare. My slide show “World War I for 4th Graders” provides not only information about turn of the century warfare, but also some interesting and offbeat facts that will spark their intere
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4th - 5th
Freedom of the Press and John Peter Zenger, A Play in Southern Dialect
Help you students get a better understanding of the importance of the Zenger trial with this play written in Southern dialect. The play includes not only an easier to understand version of the trial, it also allows students to participate by reading several parts. To keep students engaged, the play includes background information about the reasons Zenger was sued and a timeline of events leading up to his arrest. As students view the timeline, they are asked to make a warrant for Governor Cos
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8th - 11th
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George Washington
Here’s a simple slide show on George Washington — one that 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders will find easy to understand. I know how hard it is to find something that students on a primary level can relate to, because as a teacher I’ve tried to do just that. This slide show will give your students great visuals plus the basic information they need about our first president. The unit includes a narrative script of six pages with over 70 detailed notes on the 22 slides I’ve put together. Information incl
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1st - 3rd
The Erie Canal and You
The Erie Canal was an exciting and pivotal time in U.S. history. But most textbooks only devote a couple of pages to it, so your students are not getting a real feel for the men who built and worked along the canal. This unit — “The Erie Canal and You” — has 65 pages of information and illustrations including five challenges for your students to write journal entries as though they were workers on the Erie Canal. The unit includes a slide show with 44 slides and a 17-page script with 170 bul
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4th - 8th
First in War: North Carolina in the American RevolutionNorth Carolina has always
North Carolina has always played an important part in our nation’s history. This slideshow — “First in War, North Carolina and the American Revolution” — will teach students from 4th grade through junior high the underlying causes of the state’s rebellion against the English crown and the major events and battles during the war era. The slide show and narrator’s script can be supplemented by student journal writing in the style of “I was there” with seven creative writing prompts. The teacher m
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4th - 8th
Jefferson Gets a Little Help from His Friends: A Play about the Declaration
This is a read-aloud play to help students understand how Enlightenment thinkers influenced the Founding Fathers. The play is written in the style of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." As Thomas Jefferson wearily tries to pen the Declaration of Independence, he is visited by ghosts in the forms of John Locke, King John of England, the Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Each of the men tell Jefferson about their ideas and ask him to include them in the Declaration and the new governmen
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7th - 12th
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Jamestown 1607-1610
1607 -- a triangle fort — settlers vs. Indians — that’s what most students remember about Jamestown. But there’s much more to the story. How can students get a handle on this first colony, which marked the beginning of the American experience? This 25-slide presentation will help you teach students about this turning point in American history. It is suitable for any grades that learn Colonial American history. The slide show is accompanied by an 8-page narrative script that describes:The Voyage
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5th - 8th
Abraham Lincoln
Have you ever tried to find a simple, easy-to understand slideshow or movie on an important American like Abraham Lincoln? One that students in 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade would not only be able to relate to, but also one that would give them visuals and information that round out their education? I welcome you to take a look at my slide show on Abraham Lincoln to enrich your President’s Day curriculum. This unit includes a four-page narrative script with 38 detailed notes and an 18-page slide show. I
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1st - 3rd
Cattle Drives, Cowboys And You
Who hasn’t dreamed of being a cowboy! With “Cattle Drives, Cowboys— And You,” you can take your students on the adventure of a trail drive while learning about the history, economics, and geography of this exciting time in American history. The Western cattle and cowboy story is iconic all over the world, but most students will only experience it in films or television. This unit is a fun way to round out your history lessons, even if your textbook provides little or no information on it. A guid
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4th - 8th
World War I - 4 Slideshows
Give your students a first-hand look at the “War to End All Wars.” This unit on World War I commemorates the recent 100th anniversary of the Great War in four separate slide shows. A total of 69 slides have been grouped into the presentation topics of “The War Begins,” “New Warfare of World War I,” “How Women Joined the War Effort,” and “The War Ends.” Whether you’re a high school teacher who wants to give students detailed facts and pictures to make the war come alive, or a junior high teacher
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7th - 12th
The Transcontinental Railroad And You
“The Transcontinental Railroad — And You” — gives your students an overview of the construction of the railroad, and provides them with opportunities to reflect on what this meant by writing journal entries in the “I was there” style. By imagining they were construction workers on the Transcontinental Railroad, they will have four chances to write about why the railroad was built, who built it, how workers lived and labored, and how the railroad changed America. The 21-slide presentation has ov
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4th - 8th
Package: Spanish American War scripts & PowerPoint
Three for the price of one!
Contains a 17 slide PowerPoint of primary and secondary sources, a graphic organizer, links to more than 6 interactive review games on the web and internet resources for exploring Yellow Journalism and the start of the Spanish American War.
Plus a five page, 10 scene reader's theater script. Divide the class up, assigning each group a scene as an introduction, review or enrichment activity. Reading level of scripts is indicated in ( ) on teacher resources but NOT
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6th - 9th
Bass Reeves: Black Man With A Badge
Once you’ve covered Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, who else can you feature during Black History Month? How about Bass Reeves, the first African-American hired as a marshal west of the Mississippi! Reeves had a career in law enforcement for over 30 years, bringing in more than 3,000 criminals and was never wounded once. He used his knowledge of the frontier, his quick draw with two guns, and clever disguises to outsmart thieves, rustlers and murders. “Bass Reeves — Black Man With A Badge” n
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5th - 8th
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