PowerPoints/Slide Shows

1.1 The Earliest Americans

1.2 Cultures of North America

1.3 Trade Networks of Asia & Africa

1.4 The European Heritage

2.1 The Age of Exploration

2.2 Spain's Empire in the Americas

2.3 Europeans Compete in North America

2.4 France & the Netherlands in North America

Native People and European Exploration - Use this Google Presentation and Pages 6-7 in your textbook to learn about the first Americans, their culture, and how they got to North and South America. Also use this presentation to get a background of European Exploration.

Native People - Introduction to first Americans and Dangers at Sea

Pilgrims and Plymouth - This is a copy of the PowerPoint that we went through in class. Students are to complete the notes sheet as we go through the PowerPoint.

3.1 The First English Settlements

3.2 The New England Colonies

3.3 The Middle Colonies

3.4 The Southern Colonies

Chapter 4: Life in the Colonies

Triangular Trade Quiz

Enlightenment Philosophers PowerPoint

4.1 Governing the Colonies

4.2 Colonial Life

Atlantic Slave Trade - Triangular Trade PowerPoint

4.4 The Spread of New Ideas

Chapter 5, Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier

Chapter 5, Section 2: The Colonies Resist Tighter Control

Chapter 5, Section 3: From Protest to Rebellion

Chapter 5, Sections 4: The War Begins

Chapter 6, Sec. 1: A Nation Declares Independence

Chapter 6, Sec. 2: A Critical Time

Chapter 6, Sec. 3: The War Widens

6.4: Winning Independence

Chapter 6, Section 4 - Use the 6.4 PowerPoint to fill out the notes sheet that goes along with it.

Wanted: A Just Right Government PowerPoint - We used this PowerPoint during class to discuss the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention. Use the "Wanted: A Just Right Government Notes Sheet" to help guide you in your note taking for this subject.

7.1 Governing a New Nation

7.2 The Constitutional Convention

7.3 Debating the Constitution

7.5 Impeachment Introduction

US Constitution 101

The Constitution of the United States - An Outline

The Amendments

The Citizenship Handbook p. 251-271

Birth of Political Parties - Background on how political parties began.

8.1 Washington Takes Office

8.2 Birth of Political Parties

8.3 Troubles at Home & Abroad

8.4 The Presidency of John Adams

9.1 Jefferson Takes Office

9.2 The Louisiana Purchase

9.3 A Time of Conflict

9.4 The War of 1812

10.1 Building a National Identity

10.2 Dealing with Other Nations

10.3 The Age of Jackson

10.4 Native American Removal

11.2 The North Transformed

11.3 The Plantation South

11.4 The Challenges of Growth

12.1 Improving Society

12.2 The Fight Against Slavery

12.3 A Call for Women's Rights

12.4 Arts & Literature

13.1 The West

13.2 Trails to the West

13.3 Conflict with Mexico

13.4 A Rush to the West

14.1 Growing Tensions Over Slavery

14.2 Compromises Fail

14.3 The Crisis Deepens

14.4 The Coming of the Civil War

15.1 The Call to Arms

15.2 The Early Years of the War

15.3 The Emancipation Proclamation

15.4 The Civil War & American Life

15.5 Decisive Battles

Andrew Jackson PowerPoint - Use this to fill out this worksheet as we go through the Andrew Jackson PowerPoint.

Early Industry and Inventions Powerpoint - Chapter 11

Early Industry and Inventions - Notes

Events Leading Up to the Civil War - We used the PowerPoint in class to fill in chart about events leading up to the Civil War. Descriptions of these events can also be found in the textbook with the pages listed.

The Country Goes To War PowerPoint - We used this PowerPoint in class to begin learning about some of the first events of the Civil War. There is also a notes sheet that goes along with this.

Antietam and Emancipation PowerPoint

Life at War PowerPoint - Use this PowerPoint to learn about "Life at War" and to help you complete the "Life at War" worksheets.

Shifting Tides PowerPoint - Use this PowerPoint to learn about the major battles from the Civil War.