This presentation deals with the factors that impact on the learning process as posited by Piaget, Bloom, Bruner, and Ausubel.

Explains how the media artist can apply the aesthetics principles developed by Herbert Zettl in order to convey an effective message.

This slideshow focuses on adding details to a paragraph. It covers ways to add details, primary and secondary support points, a flow chart organizer, moving from the topic sentence to a final essay, and strategies for generating and...

Twenty-four slides explaining what a theme is and how it can be identified in a text.

11 slides demonstrating poetry analysis using the TPCASTT format: Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme.

Slideshow that looks at energy flow in an ecosystem. Explains what an ecosystem is, how energy flows through it, the producers and consumers of energy, and food chains. Links to a video about plastic debris in the ocean.

A slideshow aimed at journalists to teach them the basic principles of framing a field of view and composing a shot.

A slideshow with twenty slides with information and examples of four different purposes an author can have for writing a text: to entertain, to persuade, to express, or to inform/explain.

This downloadable slideshow focuses on context clues including definitions, the four types, and examples.

This slideshow provides an overview of the six kingdoms.

A 30-slide presentation on three different perspectives for understanding mass communication. These include the functions of mass media, the critical/cultural perspective, and the research-based empirical approach. It looks at the many...

This is a huge collection of ideas for using Web 2.0 technology tools in the classroom for all grade levels. The ideas were contributed by many teachers from around the world.

A series of stories woven together to start a conversation with high school students about living our lives on & offline (on The Fourth Screen) more thoughtfully. Clicking on some of the slides directs you to websites and articles...

A detailed PowerPoint reviewing the neutral position the United States held at the beginning of World War II.

A thorough PowerPoint study tool engaging students reviewing what was happening in the United States during World War II.

A comprehensive study tool reviewing the U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon administration. Take advantage of this PowerPoint Presentation.

A comprehensive biographical slideshow of Swiss born scientist, researcher, Jean Piaget featuring his work studying his children to establish his theory of cognitive development.

Explains and compares Karl Marx's and Max Weber's theories of social stratification.

Following the Civil War, the United States began to shift some of its foreign policy philosophy. The nation went from protecting itself from all outside nations to trying to build relationships with them. This PowerPoint illustrates the...

Tom Richey offers a thorough slideshow incorporatin Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion while reviewing the historic details of the Counter-Reformation. Find out who disagreed with the Reformation movement.

Understand the primary components to the religious battles that occurred in France during the latter portion of the sixteenth century.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! What in the world do they have to do with this? Find the connection and recognize Renaissance art and the artists.

Recognize the causes of the reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This slideshow thoroughly features this history of Europe.

A comprehensive PowerPoint featuring Calvinism, the Reformed faith which evolved during the sixteenth century. John Calvin's movement evolved from his mission work in France.