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7th grade social studies lecture interactive whiteboards
Holocaust Introduction - Prezi Presentation
This Holocaust introduction is very unique, filled with pictures and information about the basics of the Holocaust including Adolf Hitler, the concentration camps, and location. This presentation was created using Prezi.com and the photographs were taken from google images.
Throughout the presentation, there are questions that are posed to the students. This keeps students engaged and interested in the topics discussed. This, paired with the numerous pictures, creates a great lesson and di
Grades:
7th - 12th
United States Regions Presentations Bundle
This product gives information about each region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of each region. There are five presentation files included for each region along with descriptions of each state. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out other creative products or download a FREEBIE of the Northeast region to preview.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Southeast Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the Southeast Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Northeast Region of United States Presentation FREEBIE
This product gives information about the Northeast Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region.
This presentation is a FREEBIE and if you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle.
Included with the bundle is a presentation of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Early American Civilizations (Incans, Mayans, Aztecs) Flipchart
This flipchart introduces the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations with great visuals and brief descriptions. Perfect for class discussion or lecture. I teach 8th grade but is perfect for any level.
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5th - 12th
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TN History Unit 2: Struggle for Tennessee's Frontier Powerpoint Slideshow
This is the Tennessee History Unit 2 Powerpoint for the Notes Packet (Version 1) covering the long hunters, Overmountain Men, and the first frontiersmen i.e. William Bean, Thomas Sharpe Spencer, Dr. Thomas Walker, Daniel Boone, James Robertson, John Donelson, Richard Henderson, William Blount, John Sevier, etc. It covers Tennessee's Native friends and foes, i.e. Little Carpenter, Dragging Canoe, and Nancy Ward as well as the French and Indian War, Fort Loudoun Massacre, Battle of Kings Mountain,
Grades:
5th - 12th
Unit 1 - Why Do We Study History & Thinking Like A Historian
This interactive bundle through google classroom allows for easy grading, measuring student growth, and calibrating where students are at. Our lesson plans are centered on giving students critical thinking skills while thinking of multiple ways of ways of engaging students.GOALS:1. Why should we study history? 2. How do historians study and reconstruct the past?3. What expectations and skills do I need to develop to be successful?
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Grades:
7th - 10th
10 Amendments Bill of Rights Presentation 8th History TEKS
This presentation describes the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments of the Constitution. It includes animated slides.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
The Renaissance - Complete Set of Three PPTS
This power-point, which is simply a combination of three individual PowerPoint’s, contains 34 slides that cover everything from the origins of the Renaissance in Italy and its spread north to the long term impact of the Renaissance and an examination of the big names of the era . Each slide is designed to incorporate full color vivid images of Renaissance art as well as to deliver content in a flexible way with three clicks per slide (1st click = art, 2nd click = topic question, 3rd click = note
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Grades:
6th - 7th
The Progressive Era in the United States
This Powerpoint is the first in a unit of three. These three powerpoints are all covering the Emergence of the Modern United States from 18901-1920. This powerpoint on the Progressive Era includes topics like: Muckrakers, Jacob Riis, Social Gospel, Jane Adams, legislative reforems, Women’s Rights, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP, Progressive Legislation, Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson, etc. There are also many higher order thinking activities built into the
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Grades:
7th - 12th
American Revolution PowerPoint with Guided Notes
This is a complete American Revolution PPT with guided notes split into 5 different documents. This covers all elements of the Revolution from the Intolerable Acts, Battles, Key Figures, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the end of the War. (I did not create the ppt, but I did change/add my own pictures to appeal to 5th graders :)
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Grades:
4th - 8th
TN History Unit 4: Tennessee's Coming of Age Powerpoint Slideshow
This is the Tennessee History Unit 4 Powerpoint covering the founding of Nashville, the transfer of the capital, early abolitionist efforts (Elihu Embree, Virginia Hill, and Fanny Wright), the War of 1812, Tecumseh's War, Creek War, Horseshoe Bend, Treaty of Fort Jackson, Jackson Purchase, the founding of Memphis as the "Cotton Capital of the South," as well as other important relevant state history information.©Founding Fathers USA. All rights reserved by Founding Fathers USA. This product is t
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â TN History Unit 4 Bundle: "Tennessee's Coming of Age" PPT, Notes, SG, & Test
Ruby Bridges Biography Flipchart- Black History Month
This is a flipchart I created to use on my Promethean Board. I used it during my Ruby Bridges unit. I created it to along with Black History Month which is in February.
The flipchart includes
- KWL chart
-where she was born
- questions to start class discussions
-her first days at the all white school
-pictures
-videos (embedded into the flipchart)
-a page to describe her character traits
-various facts about Ruby
It is an interactive flipchart that provides students the opportunity to learn
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Representations of the Divine in Film (ERC Smartboard pres and activities)
I used this Smartboard presentation when teaching Representations of the Divine in secondary 2 Ethics and Religious Culture.
This presentation explores how the Divine is represented in film and includes some cooperative learning activities you can do as a class. This presentation explores elements of film as well as the divine experience. Major themes in religion are also discussed, such as temptation and Good vs. Evil. Links to movie clips are provided.
Movies explored:
- Narnia
- Harry Po
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Grades:
7th - 9th
West Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the West Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Southwest Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the Southwest Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
TN History Unit 10: Tennessee in Modern Times Powerpoint Slideshow
This is the Tennessee History Unit 10 Powerpoint covering the Modern Era in Tennessee, including key Tennessee politicians, i.e. Boss Crump, Al Gore, Sr., Frank Clement, Estes Kefauver, etc., as well as the Civil Rights Movement, i.e. Highlander Folk School, Tent City Movement of Fayette County, Columbia Race Riots, Clinton Twelve, Lorraine Motel, etc. It also features the birth of Rock 'n' Roll and Country Music, i.e. Elvis Presley, Stax Records, Sun Studio, Music Row, Opryland, 1982 World's Fa
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â TN History Unit 10 Bundle: "TN in Modern Times" Powerpoint, Packet, & Test
Intro to Social Studies Skills PowerPoint Lesson
This PowerPoint identified four keys skills for understanding history:
-chronological understanding
-connecting past to present
-understanding common memory
-reading documents
It also contains information on evaluating primary and secondary resources, as well some additional vocabulary relating to these skills.
It's a great resource for an early social studies class, and sets an appropriate tone for using academic vocabulary throughout the year.
Grades:
4th - 10th
TN History Unit 3: From Territory to Statehood Powerpoint Slideshow
This Powerpoint covers the key people and events of TN History Unit 3: From Territory to Statehood, including the the Articles of Confederation, Lost State of Franklin, the influx of new settlers i.e. squatters and land speculators, Southwest Territory, William Blount, Rocky Mount, Chickamauga Wars, Death of Dragging Canoe, the Land Ordinance, Northwest Ordinance, requirements for statehood, John Sevier, Tennessee Constitution of 1796, and the first capital of Knoxville, as well as other importa
Grades:
5th - 12th
War of 1812 Slideshow / Era of Good Feelings (for Notes Packets version 1-2)
This is the Unit 7: War of 1812 Slideshow (PPT). Please also see the Notes Packets (Versions 1 and 2). Version 1 has individual spaces for each term (significance and effect) for students to fill in. Version 2 is fill-in-the-blank with a word bank provided. This slideshow is custom-made by a red, white, and blue-blooded patriot.Beautiful Visual Slideshow (PPT) that covers the New Madrid Earthquake, the War of 1812 including Tecumseh's War and the Creek War, the Era of Good Feelings, the American
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Unit 7: War of 1812 / Era of Good Feelings Bundle
Africa South of the Sahara and Its Colonialism - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 23-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to Africa South of the Sahara Desert. Some of the covered topics include African landforms and climates, renewable/nonrenewable resources, African tribes/empires, the African slave trade, and African colonialism. Vocabulary reviews are included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions and a renewable/nonrenewable resources container game. This flipchart was originally created
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Grades:
6th - 12th
1920s Growing Economy Power Point
I created this slide show for my lecture on the 1920's growing economy. It includes topics such as: Henry Ford, Assembly Line, Consumer Credit, Uneven Prosperity, Native American Citizenship, Advertisement, The Radio, The Airline Industry and more!! It is composed of several graphics, pictures, organizers, and animations. My inspiration for this powerpoint was to keep the students engaged with the material. It is not your traditional plain powerpoint. There is an option to do a Henry Ford word
Grades:
6th - 12th
Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Middle Ages - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 33-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to European topics. The flipchart is divided into 4 sections - European geography, climate, and economy; ancient Greece (Athens and Sparta); ancient Rome (including Caesar); and the Middle Ages (including Charlemagne and the rise of Christianity). A vocabulary container game is also included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions, a vocabulary preview slide, and a geography re
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Sectionalism & 19th Reforms Slideshow / Industrial (for Notes Packets V. 1 & 2)
This is the Unit 8: Sectionalism & Reforms Slideshow (PPT). Please also see the Notes Packets (Versions 1 and 2). Version 1 has individual spaces for each term (significance and effect) for students to fill in. Version 2 is fill-in-the-blank with a word bank provided. This slideshow is custom-made by a red, white, and blue-blooded patriot.Beautiful Visual Slideshow (PPT) that covers the growing sectionalism between North and South, Eli Whitney, southern society, the Industrial Revolution, Un
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Unit 8: Sectionalism & Reforms / Industrial / 19th Century Reforms Bundle
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