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Free Materials to Download
PowerPoint Jeopardy
Download your own copy of PowerPoint Jeopardy for use with your classes.
These templates allow you to customize the game boards to fit your own
curriculum. Instructions are provided. Create
a New Game, Jeopardy
Planning Sheet, Powerpoint Jeopardy,
Double Jeopardy, Double
Jeopardy 2.
Top Ten Lists
Several of Virginia's most outstanding educators have compiled lists of
useful ideas to assist you during your early years as an educator. These
include suggestions on how to prepare for the opening of school, improving
communications with parents, ways to avoid teacher burnout, advice on
dealing with challenging students, classroom management techniques along
with many others. All of the lists are in Adobe Acrobat format and can
be printed out and shared with your colleagues.
Countdown Clock
Start your classes on time with a 30 second countdown
clock. Directions and Music.
Educational Millionaire
Download a free copy of this software and the game
show movie.
Animation Factory: A relatively low cost membership gives you access to thousands of pieces of clip art, PowerPoint templates, and mp3 files.
Backflip: A free site that allows you to store your bookmarks online so that they are accessible from any computer in the world. You can also use backflip to create quick bookmarked pages for use with your classes or on your own homepage.
Mattjfuller.com: Features a free countdown clock and other downloads for presenters.
Presenters University: Resource for free downloads of PowerPoint backgrounds and excellent suggestions on effective presentations.
A2zcds: An excellent resource for inexpensive CDs of historic photographs, maps, and other materials for use in student presentations.
Earthstation1.com: This site provides excellent primary source audio, photographic, and video materials. CDs and DVDs are inexpensive and can be used with student projects and presentations.
Hotpotatoes: A program that is free for educators. Create quizzes, crossword puzzles, and matching tests which can be printed or used online for drills.
Interact: An extensive selection of outstanding historical simulations for both United States and World History.
Ken Kirkpatrick Software: Software site for the Birthday Chronicle and The Sands of Time. Use these programs to begin everyday with a short historical lesson.
National Archives: The nation's repository for government documents offers incredible primary source resources along with classroom lesson plans and student materials.
Library of Congress: The nation's library has produced numerous teacher generated lessons utilizing the library's incredible collections. The American Memory section is outstanding and in Thomas, students can track bills and legislation.