Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 1860) [Pdf]
All aboard this slideshow on the building of railroads in Virginia. Study maps, charts and pictures of the major railways in Virginia and their impact on the economy. Be sure to take the quiz over the steam locomotive at the end!
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: The American Civil War in Virginia [Pdf]
The state of Virginia played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Trace the war from the beginning to the battles in Virginia, and to Lee's surrender through this comprehensive slideshow. Included are charts, maps and actual photography from...
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia State History Reconstruction to 1900 [Pdf]
Much of Virginia was devastated after the Civil War so a period of rebuilding commenced. Follow Reconstruction through the different plans, the effects on African-Americans and the South. This slideshow has pictures,charts, and maps to...
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia State History 20th Century (1921 1940) [Pdf]
The Roaring Twenties was a time of great prosperity in America and Virginia. However, it ended with a bust that shook our country to its core. Imagine the culture of this time with the help of pictures, charts, and maps. This slideshow...
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Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne: The Italian Renaissance [Ppt]
A detailed slideshow that presents key concepts and ideas on Renaissance economics, society, politics, arts and architecture, philosophy, the Papacy, and the spread of humanism. The significant individuals in each category are also...
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Wall Street Journal: Sequins? What Sequins? Figure Skaters Through the Ages
A series of colorful slides showcasing the costumes of male and female Canadian figure skaters. Has there been a change from sequins to more masculine outfits for the men? Have a look, and you decide! Related to the slideshow is a...
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British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 16 Years): Micronutrients
This lengthy PowerPoint slideshow examines micronutrients which are nutrients needed in small amounts. It looks at water- and fat-soluble vitamins and at minerals, their sources, their functions, and the impact of deficiencies of these...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles
This is a tutorial slideshow showing the internal structure of an animal eukaryotic cell. Each slide has excellent labeled drawings accompanied by descriptive text explaining the function of each part.
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Iroquois Indian Museum: Learning Longhouse: Clothing and Shelter
Provides information about Iroquois clothing and shelter. Double-click on an image to see a larger version accompanied by a description. Can also be navigated as a slideshow.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Darwin Manuscripts Project
Background information and slideshow presentation on creating the Origin of Species scientific manuscripts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Sources: Websites
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of websites for research sources. It gives the pros and cons to using websites as sources and discusses the need to evaluate websites and what to look for.
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Sophia: Brackets
This slideshow lesson focuses on brackets by providing background information and uses including the following: clarify details, adding emphasis, modifying quoted material, and marking errors in quotations using [sic]. It provides...
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Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Thesis
This slideshow lesson focuses on how to write an effective cause and effect thesis; it reviews cause and effect writing, lists signal words for cause and effect papers, explains what is required in the thesis, and provides three examples...
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Sophia: Cause and Effect Transition Words
This slideshow lesson focuses on cause and effect transition words; it defines and lists the categories of transition words. It discusses when to use cause and effect transition words, provides a list of sample words, and offers sentence...
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Sophia: Characterization Through Description
This slideshow focuses on authors defining characters through description such as features, dress, mannerisms, emotions, and objects. It provides several examples from Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
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Sophia: Colons and Dashes
This tutorial offers two slideshows: one for colons and one for dashes. They each state the purpose of the mark and tell when they are used along with examples.
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Sophia: Commas in a Series
This slideshow focuses on the use of commas in a series. It discusses the rule for commas in a series; requirements of a series; words, phrases, and clauses in a series; and comma placement.
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Sophia: Common Symbols
This slideshow focuses on common symbols including definition and background information, identification, and lists of common symbols and their meanings by category: colors, flowers, animals, seasons, elements, religious, weather,...
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Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Essays
This lesson focuses on the comparison and contrast essays; it defines new terms: compare/contrast essay, yin/yang Venn diagram, block comparison, and point by point comparison. It also provides a slideshow which defines and discusses the...
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Sophia: Complex Sentences
This slideshow lesson focuses on complex sentences; it explains what makes up a complex sentence: independent clause, dependent clause, and a subordinate conjunction. It discusses placement, order, and how to punctuate them accordingly.
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Sophia: Compound Complex Sentences
This slideshow lesson focuses on compound complex sentences. It explains what they are including the requirements, how they are put together, how to punctuate them, and provides examples showing the various sentence structures.
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Sophia: Concise Language Adds Zest!
This slideshow focuses on how to revise writing using concise language by eliminating unnecessary words and redundancy, avoiding generic phrases, using active voice and familiar terms, and looking for just the right words to convey...
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Sophia: Concise Language: Qualifiers and Intensifiers
This slideshow focuses on removing unnecessary qualifiers and intensifiers to make writing more concise. It defines each term, gives examples, shows how removing them does not affect sentence meaning, and provides a partial list of each.
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Sophia: Concise Language: Removing the Excess
This slideshow lesson compares writing to meat; lean meat is healthier for you as is lean writing. It lists common phrases to eliminate, explains intensifiers and suggests using them sparingly, provides a wordy paragraph and the trimmed...
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