In this PowerPoint, students learn interesting facts about Presidents Andrew Jackson, James Polk, and Andrew Johnson. Slides provide details about the backgrounds of the men, personal information about their wives, excerpts from primary...

Students watch a PowerPoint slide show of the symbols of Texas and discuss what they see. They color in coloring book pages that corrolate to the slide show. They listen to and sing along to a state song as they color.

Educators will find this a useful research model for their students. Each slide addresses a different aspect of the Blackfoot tribe's daily life and culture.

This PowerPoint is intended to accompany lesson 9, Cotton Industry in Texas, in the ebook Building an Economy: The Texas Experience, available for free from the Texas Council on Economic Education...

This resource for geothermal energy education features a slide show with instructive graphics.

You will find an impressive amount of information including fact lists, definitions, and maps at this site. A great place to start a study of geothermal energy.

Explains what Progressivism looked like in Texas and how it differed from national Progressivism. It describes the laws and election reforms that discriminated against African Americans, immigrants, and poor people, the education reforms...

This online lesson helps students explore primary sources, including photographs and audio and video recordings, in order to learn about the Apollo crew and spacecraft, the history of the space race, and the incredible technological...

Showcased is an exhibition of 926 posters (1936 -1943) from the Federal Art Project poster division at the Federal Art Gallery. The posters were designed to publicize a variety of events, from community activities to education in...

This slideshow lesson focuses on purpose; it defines purpose and lists the two main purposes of all writing: to educate (didactic text meaning to inform and instruct) or to entertain (imaginative text). The purpose could also be art for...

When state and local authorities fail to uphold the Federal Court orders for integration at Central High School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to enforce those orders. Using an array of photos and primary source...

Need a quick refresher on proper punctuation? This easy to read guide covers common types of punctuation and provides examples. Included are links to practice sites.

Learn the proper rules for capitalization with this slideshow. Links for further practice are included at the end.

View Dorothea Lange's pictures of the Japanese Interment. View children getting an education, fathers with their sons, and many more great pictures.

This slideshow lesson focuses on what can be learned about a character through speech. It provides three literary excerpts with comments showing how speech can reveal details, accent, age, and educational background. It also provides...

Examines the growing gap between the rich and the poor in China. Most of the poor being rural farmers and the rich living in urban areas. The gap is not just in wealth but in education and other categories too.

The content of a slideshow presentation on the state of computer technology integration in Latin American countries in the public and private sectors. Charts display data relating income levels with computer ownership, mobile phone use,...

Looks at the significant events and decisions of the First and Second Continental Congresses that piloted the movement towards self-government.

Learning to "read" the images that surround us is an important 21st century skill. This series of slides, presented in .pdf format, provides lots of examples, exercises and resources.

Using images of different specimens of sharks, learn how physical adaptations have helped this species survive and thrive throughout generations.

This slideshow offers students opportunities to observe, identify, and describe various characteristics of water bodies and compare near-ground-level and aerial views of each water body.

Compare the seasons on Earth and Mars with NASA imagery. Use this resource to visualize how the axial tilt of a planet influences its seasons and to compare data about seasonal changes on Earth and Mars. Support materials include:...

An online storybook based on Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, My Shadow. The reading level is at about Grade 2.

The city of Salonika, Greece was virtually extinguished during WWII. This proud city was a hub of European Jewry with a strong cultural identity. Learn about their culture and what happened to the city during the Holocaust.