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The Napoleonic Era: 1799-1815
The triumphs, reforms, and defeats of the Napoleonic Era are covered in this comphrensive slideshow. Images, bulleted text, review questions, and a chronological outline make this a handy resource.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire rose and fell. Outline the failures in agriculture, economics, military, and government that weakened Rome, setting the stage for complete devastation as Germanic Tribes invaded.
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China Resists Outside Influences
There is no doubt about it, world history is exciting! Use this slide show to tell the tale of Emperor Qianlong, the Opium Wars, The Boxer Rebellion, and nationalist reform provided by Empress Dowager. Images and easy-to-follow text make...
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Fallacies of Relevance
Review more than nine verbal and written fallacies in arguments. Many definitions and examples are given to encourage your scholars to avoid fallacies such as ad hominem and red herring. By doing this, they will have stronger speeches...
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Clauses
Look at the basic parts of a sentence with your class. Definitions of the subject, verb, and various clauses are all included. Clear, succinct examples are given in this thorough presentation. A great way to start off grammar with your...
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Analytical Research Projects
High school writers will benefit from learning the basic elements of analytical and argumentative research before completing their first research project. If you're looking to provide more guidance to your learners, pause at certain...
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ABAC Writing Center Grammar Workshop
A clear, relatively quick look at the relationship and needed agreement between pronouns and antecedents. This provides your pupils with defined terms, examples, and opportunities for practice.
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What is Small Group Interaction?
While all learners need to know the benefits and responsibilities of working in a small group, this presentation and its vocabulary are geared toward a late high school or early college student. Why do we study in small groups? Why do...
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Conducting Research Online
In a day and age when publishing online has never been easier, high schoolers need to know how to identify a credible source. Choose the PowerPoint slides most relevant to your lesson and spend more time on the hands-on activities provided.
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Peer Review: Looking at Texts from a Reader's Point of View
Designed to acquaint Purdue University freshmen with the concept of peer review, this presentation could be used with high school level learners as an introduction to peer reviewing. Slides model the process as well as helpful questions...
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Arthropods
A set of note-taking slides introduces your biologists to the characteristics and the four subphyla of arthropods. Nothing flashy is included, but it is a tidy and straightforward presentation that you can use when your class is studying...
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Hitler's Lightning War
When you line them up, you can knock them down. Hitler had a plan, carried it out, and started WWII. This presentation focuses on Hitler's military and political tactics, who he fought, and how his opponents fell. Key players and events...
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Darwin's Principles
The author invested plenty of time in the presentation of this information; it is visually appealing, contains sound-effects, and displays creative animations and photos! Unfortunately, blank lines are included on most of the slides with...
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Significant Figures in Calculations
Significant figures estimate the precision of your calculations. Teach your high school scientists how to count and identify significant figures at the beginning of the school year so that they are adept at using them in their...
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Industrialization Spreads: From Britain to the World
Looking for that perfect slide show, the one that makes your day so much easier? If you're teaching a unit on the spread of Industrialization, its causes, effects, and key players, then look no further. This is a text-driven presentation...
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Body Language
The power of signs and signals. Viewers use various body parts to illustrate how gestures convey meaning and how the meaning of these gestures may differ among racial and cultural groups, between men and women, or have meaning to...
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Tuck Everlasting Jeopardy
Questions from the novel Tuck Everlasting are put into a Jeopardy game format to quiz your class. The slides with the correct answer and "Sorry, Try again!" for you to flash on the screen as needed are in between every question, which...
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Combined Gas Law
Chemistry scholars discover how to perform calculations using the combined gas law, Avogadro's Law, and Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. Sample questions and their solutions are provided so that learners can practice as the lesson...
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Ideal Gas Law
Young chemists get a handle on the behavior of gases when viewing this presentation. It incorporates thorough explanations of the ideal gas law, molar mass, empirical formulas, and partial pressures. A highlight is the learning check...
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Valence Electrons, Octet Rule, and Ions
Within this PowerPoint are the instructions for drawing electron dot structures and an explanation of how ions are formed. Several learning check slides are provided, along with the answers. This presentation is a compact, but compatible...
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Subshells and Orbitals
Electron energy levels are introduced to aspiring chemists in this PowerPoint. The number of electrons allowed in each level is explained, and then viewers learn how to write the electronic configuration of an element based on this...
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Democratic Reform and Activism
Touch upon some of the major players, royalty, and activists that brought or supported democratic reform in Great Britain. The presentation is minimal in scope but would be a suitable as a mini-lecture.
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MLA 7th Edition Formatting and Style Guide
Review MLA format, particularly the 7th Edition and its updates. The slides cover the first page of an essay, section headings, in-text citations, formatting questions, and the Works Cited page. This is a great way to make sure papers...
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Evidence of Evolution by Natural Selection
Walk your junior biologists through the evidence that supports evolution. The fossil record, anatomical record, and molecular record are explained and supported by colorful graphs and pictures. Extensive notes are provided for some of...