Mr. Harms has designed a number of Power Point and Keynote presentations with Social Studies Concepts and Critical Thinking Questions to help students understand history. Designed by a teacher for teachers, this Power Point focuses on Causes of the Civil War: "The War Begins".

Overview

These history presentations are designed to give students an overview of the start of the American Civil War. Students will be shown maps, animations and descriptions of some of the major events: Americans Choosing Sides, Attack on Fort Sumter and Union and Confederate Preparations for War.

Customizable

The presentation is totally customizable, allowing you to add your own pictures, graphics and animations to take what we've done even farther. 

Benefit

What is your time worth? Our basic pricing system for History Presentations is 10 cents per slide.  Some title slides may only take 30 seconds to create, but complex slides with animations and coordinated builds for complicated topics may take 30 minutes or more.  It's not unusual for a presentation to take between 3 and 7 hours of work.  What could you do with 6 or 7 free hours?

Topics Included

Topics include: Confederates seizing federal property, Seward's Plan, Fort Sumter, States Secede, Border States, Northern Resources, Southern Resources, Offense Vs Defense, Cotton Diplomacy, U.S. Sanitary Commission.

Included in The Presentation Package:

1.    Keynote Presentation
2.    Power Point Presentation
3.    Text edit file outline of the presentation and presenter's notes. The package is a digital download (Zip File) of these three items.

American History Presentations

We have a number of Power Points related to American History. These units are proven to engage students in a way that text books and documentaries can’t. Hundreds of teachers are using these lesson plans to bring history to life for students. It’s a unit you’ll use year after year.

McDougal Littel's United States History: Beginnings To 1877
Chapter 16 The Civil War 1861-1865
Section 1 "The War Begins"