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Tom Richey: Radical Reconstruction 1867 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrative slideshow will assist those studying the plans of reconstruction which surfaced in the years following the Civil War.
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Tom Richey: Presidential Reconstruction 1863 1866

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow features thorough details of the presidential plan for reconstruction in the United States versus the congressional plan.
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Tom Richey: Conquest of the American West

For Students 9th - 10th
This PowerPoint presentation will thoroughly illustrate the significant role the transcontinental railroad played in the economic and cultural development of the nation as it expanded west. What did the political leadership of the nation...
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Slide Share: Discovering an Author's Point of View

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A slide show with twenty-eight slides with information on how to determine an author's purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade his/her audience.
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Slide Share: Claim Evidence and Reasoning

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
A slideshow with twelve slides about reading or writing an argument, analyzing the claim and looking at how it is supported with observation, evidence, and reasoning.
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Slide Share: Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A slide show with seventeen slides teaching about main ideas and supporting details within a text.
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Slide Share: Making Connections

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A slide show with thirty-two slides explaining how to use text to self, text to text, and text to world connections to improve reading comprehension.
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Slide Share: Argument and Persuasion

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A slide show with fourteen slides with notes, tips, and examples on how to write a persuasive essay.
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Slide Share: Why Do Writers Write?

For Students K - 1st Standards
A slide show with nine slides explaining the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain.
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Slide Share: Main Idea & Supporting Detail

For Students 7th Standards
Ten slides explaining how to identify main ideas and details within a text.
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Ethos3: Wake Up Brain!

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow provides 5 innovative ways to brainstorm. Because our brains tend to be overstimulated and tired, it is best to warm them up before diving into a project.
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Slide Share: Text Structures: Analyze Organizational Methods

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This slideshow focuses on text structures for informational texts including how the author's purpose helps determine the organizational pattern to use and how the reader can use clues to identify the text structure used. Five...
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Slide Share: Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on nonfiction including definitions, types of nonfiction, perspective and bias, and objective vs. subjective.
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Slide Share: Webb's Depth of Knowledge

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This slideshow presentation is designed to provide basic information concerning Webb's Depth of Knowledge.
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Slide Share: Finding Themes in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A slide show with forty slides with explanations, examples, and information on how to determine the theme of a text. RL.9-10.2 and RL.11-12.2 Analyzing Theme.
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Tom Richey: Nativism in Antebellum America

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive slideshow illustrates the history of nativism in North America. Understand the role nativism plays in immigration as well as the Native Americans who were here long before the settlers come to the nation.
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Tom Richey: Martin Luther's Doctrines

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognize and understand the three basic doctrines of Martin Luther. This slideshow is a useful study tool when studying the Reformation of the sixteenth century.
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Tom Richey: The Civil War 1861 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of slides enhance study of the Civil War in North America. Find illustrated details of the key parts of the war: secession, limited war, turning point, and total war. Consider the probing essay questions also...
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Tom Richey: The Emancipation Proclamation

For Students 9th - 10th
An engaging PowerPoint presentation provides insight into the events which led to ending slavery in the United States. The slideshow illustrates President Lincoln's approach to the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Slide Share: Information Literacy Models

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This slideshow, created by Mary May Porto, provides a comprehensive look at 3 major informational literacy models.
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Pink Monkey: The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel The Man Who Was Poe by Avi including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Tom Richey: Normalcy Under Attack: The Culture Wars of the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of slides presents the story of the United States in the 1920s. Examine the social changes as well as the cultural conflicts which occurred during the era.
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Tom Richey: Reconstruction Goes South 1867 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
So we've reconstructed, now what? A slideshow which illustrates what happens in the southern United States following the Civil War Reconstruction.
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Tom Richey: Martin Luther and the Origins of Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther, leading activist in the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century because of his disagreement with the practices of the Catholic church of the era, is featured in this PowerPoint presentation.