Robin Lofton

Hear ye! Hear ye! What's that sound? It's a PowerPoint about Jamestown. This PowerPoint contains 63 slides about Jamestown, Virginia. It is divided into teachable sections, such as the Powhatan Indian culture, the three ships and their arrival, indentured servitude, and archeological work led by Dr. William Kelso. This unit is suitable for elementary students as well as anyone interested in early colonial history. All photos were taken by me, Robin Thames Lofton, during a Teachers of American Hi

This PowerPoint about Jamestown during 1607 and the period known as "starving times" illustrates the hardships faced by the first settlers in the New World. It contains information on Powhatan Indian culture, indentured servitude, and archeological discoveries while providing hands-on activities and cooperative learning skills using the lesson plans included. All photography and plans are by Robin Thames Lofton.

This 169 slide PowerPoint contains photos and information on the Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area. It documents the Revolutionary War period, post-war period, the Civil War three day battle of Gettysburg, and interior images of an 1800's steel warship and submarine (Olympia and Becuna) docked at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia.In addition, there are numerous landscape photos of the surrounding hillside in the Gettysburg area.

This PowerPoint contains 150 slides with information about the 1960's. This turbulent decade changed the course of history in the United States, and it continues to influence politics and society today. It contains four sections covering material from People and Events, Science and Technological Advancements, Lifestyles, and Sports. The images are from those gathered through Internet searches and the photos are from my own personal collection taken while on Teachers of American History Tours 200

This in-depth PowerPoint and lesson plans contain a wealth of information on Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. It includes 164 annotated slides, photos, and 11 pages of lesson plans aligned to the Common Core State Standards. In addition, numerous hands-on and cooperative learning activities are incorporated in this unit. The PowerPoint is divided into ten separate sections, and the lesson plans are aligned with it for easier study and coverage. Among the sections are "Daily Life", "Government",

This eight (8) page lesson plan contains three (3) sections that can be used separately or as a whole. It coincides with the PowerPoint "Jamestown 1607 and Starving Times" offered on this site. The sections cover Powhatan Indian culture, the three ships and indentured servitude, and archeological work in and around the Jamestown, Virginia area. It provides hands-on activities, lists of materials and supplies needed, and suggested assessment ideas. In addition, it contains the Common Core State S

This 56 PowerPoint slide presentation of the human body includes information on cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. I annotated the slides, and I also included vocabulary, pretests/post-test and answer keys for student involvement. It covers the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, muscular, and circulatory systems as well as a slide on glands. I gathered the images from sources off Google images, and I have cited their sources on the slides. This whole PowerPoint could be used to t

This PowerPoint contains 164 annotated slides and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and Great Hopes Plantation. It is suitable for elementary school students and anyone interested in colonial history. It is broken down into ten sections that can be taught as one unit or individually. There is a set of lesson plans that correlate with this slide presentation, and they are written to Common Core State Standards. The photography is from a Teachers of American History trip to the Historic Triang

This 185 slide PowerPoint contains photos I took as an amateur photographer/teacher on a Teachers of American History Tour of Texas in June 2007. It includes photos of San Jacinto Monument, San Antonio's Alamo and River Walk, Fredricksburg's Admiral Nimitz's World War II Museum, Luckenbach's Post Office, Lyndon Baynes Johnson's Birthplace and Ranch, Lyndon Johnson's Presidential Library in Austin, Dealy Plaza in Dallas, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. Most of the slides are annotated. There

This six page document covers lessons and ideas to use with my 1960 PowerPoint unit. However, it may also be used by itself. Activities include classroom projects, skit suggestions , extra credit ideas, art projects, and research ideas.Please see the PowerPoint products at my store on www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/Robin_Lofton

My students worked for one semester creating projects to display in our classroom museum. We designated a day in May for our museum to be open to the public. Displays included triangular Venn-Diagrams to compare/contrast topics such as Native American tribes, sports, Civil War leaders and battles, a kiosk of festivals in Mississippi, Native American villages, God's eyes, acrostics, bio-bottle buddies of famous Mississippians, Mississippi multi-media maps, twisted raffia rope, a handmade quilt to

Williamsburg, Virginia holds a wealth of information, and for teachers willing and wanting creativity in the classroom, this set of lesson plans is appropriate for elementary school students and use in the classroom.The lesson plans include role-playing, colonial dance instructions, hands-on activities and overall, an in-depth study of the different social classes in Colonial Williamsburg. These plans correlate with the PowerPoint "Clicking Through Williamsburg with Annotated Slides and Photos".

This PowerPoint contains 144 annotated slides from photos I took while on Teachers of American History (TAH) tours in 2006 and 2012. They include Little Rock, Arkansas-Little Rock's Central High School, (the site of the Little Rock Nine desegregation) and President William J. Clinton's Presidential Library. The slides from Kansas City focus on sites such as the Hallmark Center, the Steamboat Arabia Museum, Central Plaza's fountains, and the World War I Liberty Memorial and Museum. Independence,

This PowerPoint contains 90 annotated slides covering colonial South Carolina, pre-Civil War era, plantations, slavery, Fort Sumter, Gullah activity, and WWII Patriot's Point information. It can be accessed at my store on www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/Robin-Lofton

This PowerPoint includes photos taken by me while on a Teachers of American History Civil Rights Tour of historical sites in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, Alabama in 2013. It contains 55 annotated slides and reference resources. Birmingham sites include the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Kellly Ingram Park, and monuments dedicated to the Children's Crusade protestors. The Montgomery sites include Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King's church parsonage, Harris House, and th

This 10 slide PowerPoint and three page lesson plan provides a simple, yet detailed account of archeological work in Jamestown, Virginia. Both are suitable for elementary school students. Photography and lesson plans prepared by Robin Thames Lofton.

This short PowerPoint shows Redoubts 9 and 10 and Surrender Field in Yorktown, Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, these were major battle campaigns between Great Britain and the Continental Army. Those involved included General George Washington leading the Continental Army and Lt. Cornwallis leading British troops. These photos were taken during a Teachers of American History tour of the Historic Triangle area in Virginia, and they were photographed by Robin Thames Lofton.

This PowerPoint contains ten slides showing archeological work in Jamestown, Virginia, led by Dr. William Kelso, Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Archeological Project. It is suitable for elementary grade students to better understand the importance of archeological digs at historical sites. All photos were taken by me, Robin Thames Lofton, during a Teachers of American History tour.