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Using traditional social studies lesson plans, it has become increasingly challenging to retain the attentions of our students. Some teachers and companies that develop innovative ways to present history lesson plans are using technology--namely, PowerPointŪ software--to revolutionize the way we facilitate active learning in an electronically-driven era. While many educators choose to create PowerPointŪ presentations themselves, some are just too busy to take the time to put a powerful presentation together. There are many pre-developed PowerPointŪ presentations geared toward junior high/middle school and high school world history and U.S. history lesson plans. PowerPointŪ study units are highly intuitive, visually enticing and comprehensive, covering subject areas from the colonial era to the Vietnam War. Each unit is designed to inspire student creativity and participation beyond the textbook-centered lecture. Social studies lesson plans in PowerPointŪ form, when created and used properly in the classroom setting, captivate the learner and engage them in the content, making learning fun and enriching. Different instructional modalities (audio, visual, written, etc.) are incorporated into each unit, addressing the unique learning styles of individual students. Using a balanced combination of easy-to-follow digital, pictorial, auditory and written elements, these dynamic "historical slide-shows" serve as powerful vehicles for depicting and narrating the past. All U.S. history and world history lesson plans available in the form of PowerPoint slides contain text boxes that discuss the content of each slide. Units include primary source photographs, maps, charts, graphs, audio clips, short video clips (in selected units), political cartoons, artwork, quotes and speeches. All presentations come with a document folder containing classroom-ready resources, such as lessons, worksheets, social studies games, quizzes, and exams. If you're an educator looking for new ways to teach social studies, lesson plans are available in a variety of state-of-the-art formats that students of this generation can relate to and follow. Vying for your students' attentions shouldn't have to be painstaking. Technology makes it easy to move through history lesson plans in such a way that learners retain information and are able to recall it later with ease.
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Written by Kacy Suther. MultiMedia Learning LLC provides social studies lesson plans and us world history lesson plans through their unique PowerPointŪ Presentation software. Students learn history through classroom social studies games and engaging technology. Learn more at www.multimedialearning.org .
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