Hook Them on History

“American Imperialism “ is a basic introduction to the ideas of imperialism and how they relate to American Imperialism. The presentation consists of 40 plus slides, images, maps, charts,...

“Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand- World War I Begins” was made for High School Juniors and Seniors, and was used in college prep and general level classes. This could easily...

“Causes of the Civil War” -goes over the reasons the Civil War started. It starts with reasons for war simmering in the 1850’s (sectionalism) and the events of the 1850’s to...

“The Causes of World War II “ is a introduction to the reasons why a world war broke out in 1939. The presentation consists of 100 slides, containing images, maps, charts, political...

“Civil War - Every Picture Tells a Story’. This is a PowerPoint presentation of 20 slides of Civil War images. The pictures have animation boxes and circles on them for the students to...

“Populists , Progressives and the Wizard of Oz” is a fun way to go through the Populists and Progressive Era’s of the 1890’s through to World War I. Historical Politics is...

“Spanish- American War-The US Becomes a World Power” “ goes over the events from the 1890’s that led to and ended with the Spanish American War in 1898. Over half the slides...

Every once in a while in class, I would take an entire class period and examine an event in detail. Look at it up close, instead of in an overview of a topic or time period. I also liked to pick an...

“U.S. Imperialism After 1898:The U.S. Becomes a World Power” goes over the events from 1898 to 1914, that led to and formalized American recognition as a world power.“U.S...