Meredith Steadman

This gigantic PowerPoint (711 slides) includes the entire World History curriculum from the years 1500 to the present. The PowerPoint covers the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration, Age of Absolutism, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, WWI, Interwar Years, WWII, The Cold War, and beyond. It has everything you need for $100 that is a 10% savings than if you purchased all the PowerPoints separately!

This PowerPoint reviews why the League of Nations was week as well as why France was so strict on German reparations. It also explains inflation in Germany because of the financial strain of paying the reparations. Finally, it explains in detail the effects of the Great Depression in Germany, France, Great Britain, and USA.

This PowerPoint explains the policies, beliefs, and actions of Europe's three Enlightened Despots (Catherine II, Frederick II, and Joseph II). My Enlightened Despots Venn diagram (also posted on TPT) works well as a follow up activity.

PowerPoint explains the beginning of a global trading network that began at the end of the Age of Exploration. It defines and illustrates the Columbian Trade route as well as the life altering results of the trade on the people in the old and new worlds. It also introduces capitalism, joint stock companies, and mercantilism.

PowerPoint describes the movement of Renaissance ideas from Italy to Northern Europe. Includes examples of Northern Renaissance artists and examples of their work. Also explains Christian Humanism, beliefs of Erasmus and More, and the influence of the printing press.

The PowerPoint explains Japan during the Age of Imperialism. It explains Matthew Perry and the Open Door Policy, the Meiji Restoration, and how Japan beings to industrialize and become imperial.

This PowerPoint explains the spread of industrialization to the US, Belgium, and Germany. It also explains the role of Mill Girls and the rise of inequality between industrial and agricultural nations.

This PowerPoint introduces China during the Interwar Years and it's major historical figures including Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Mao Zedong. It describes the Long March and Chiang Kai-Shek's government.

This PowerPoint is divided into 2 parts. The first part describes the rise of Mussolini to power in Italy. The second part describes, in great detail, the rise of Hitler in Germany. The information about Hitler includes his early life, years as a soldier, rise to power in the 1930s, use of terror, and Kristallnacht. The last slide has a chart that compares and contrasts Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler.

This PowerPoint is divided into two sections. The first section describes the homefronts and the effects of bombings on the USSR, USA, Germany, Japan, and Great Britain. The second section describes the 3 Allied conferences (Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam).

This 4 day end of the year project allows students to dive deeper into a topic they previously learned about. It can also be manipulated to use at the end of a grading period as a project based assessment. Students create a magazine with numerous articles, pictures, maps, and graphics. They also create a cover using a free website. Great for all ages and skill levels. Rubric included.

This PowerPoint is meant to be a last minute SOL Review. It can be done in one day. It highlights all the most important topics from the World History II curriculum. I use it as a last minute review right before the test. It is fill in the blank and is meant to be used with the students. Answers are filled in upon teacher clicks. Students help answer the questions which is a great way to show students they are ready for the test! Tons of graphics, important pictures, and key people and ev

The PowerPoint explains the last year of WWI and the armistice. It explains the Paris Peace conference and outlines the Treaty of Versailles. The last slide is a graphic organizer that reviews the short term causes, long term causes, short term effects, and long term effects of WWI.

Italian Renaissance PowerPoint explains characteristics of the Renaissance, Humanism, literature, education, and art of the Renaissance era.

This PowerPoint describes the rule of Gorbachev and explains his policies of glasnost, perestrokia, and democraciation. It also explains the fall of the Berlin Wall. Finally, the lecture ends with a brief introduction of the policies of Yeltsin and Putin.

PowerPoint examines the spread of Protestantism from Germany to other European countries. It explains the role of Calvin, Henry VIII, and Elizabeth I in the growth of the Protestant movement. It also examines the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation, including the Council of Trent and the Jesuits.

PowerPoint helps teach the life of Martin Luther and the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation, including the role of Pope Leo X and the selling indulgences. It also lists the differences between Catholic and Protestant beliefs in the 1500s.

This PowerPoint explains the difference of life on the farm with life in the factory. It also explains the 3 Industrial Revolution jobs (factories, coal mines, railroads) and the 2 new social classes that were born during the Industrial Revolution.

The PowerPoint explains the partitioning of Africa during the Age of Imperialism. It includes forces driving imperialism, factors promoting imperialism, Cecil Rhodes, King Leopold, David Livingstone, the Suez Canal, and the Berlin Conference.

This PowerPoint reviews the problems and solutions of the Industrial Revolution. It goes into detail (with images) to describe and explain capitalism, socialism, and communism.