Leap Year. Facts and fun. Animated PowerPoint on Leap Year. Answers questions many kids have about leap year. Slides include: What is Leap Year? When does Leap Year Happen? When do we add the extra day? Why do we have Leap Year? When was the first Leap Year? What calendar do we use today? How is Leap Year determined? 2016 is Leap Year - what are the next 4 leap years? 2016 is Leap Year - what year was the last leap year? The last slide is a partner activity the kids can do that is related to leap year and February 29.

Columbus Day Crossword Puzzle. 20 words related to Columbus Day in this fun cross word puzzle. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Columbus Day Crossword Puzzle. 20 words related to Columbus Day in this fun cross word puzzle. Key included. - HappyEdugator

Malcolm X Biography PowerPoint. Compare his life to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 12 animated slides about the life and influence of Malcolm X. Students will learn about his childhood, his life in prison, his conversion to Islam, his role in civil rights, and his assassination. Useful during Black History month, when reading about the civil rights movement, or when studying MLK ( Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) for comparison. - HappyEdugator

State Capitals of the United States PowerPoint Game. A fun way to practice learning the state capitals of all 50 states in the U.S. Divide class into two teams, print out two game boards and game pieces for each team, and see which team can correctly identify all 50 state capitals first. Interactive fun! Project onto whiteboard or interactive Smartboard. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Mickey Mantle - Baseball Legend PowerPoint. This is a short biography of the famous Mickey Mantle, the switch hitter for the NY Yankees. Students will learn about this American baseball hero, who set a major league record of the longest home-run ever hit that still stands today. Goes well with a baseball unit or theme or with books like Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. - HappyEdugator

Joe DiMaggio - The Yankee Clipper PowerPoint. A Baseball Legend. This is a short biography of the famous Joe DiMaggio. Students will learn about this American baseball hero, who set a major league record of a 56 game hitting streak in 1941 that still stands today. Use it with books such as Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria Testa or Joe DiMaggio by Herb Dunn. Goes well with a baseball unit or theme. - HappyEdugator

Presidents. Interesting facts about U.S. Presidents PowerPoint. Questions and answers you probably didn't know. Fun activity for Presidents' Day. 65 pages of fun facts!

Baseball PowerPoint - the Rules of the Game. An overview of the rules of baseball and how to play the game. Includes field dimensions, field positions, equipment, game play and scoring, Good information for Physical Education programs or summer camp

Chinese New Year PowerPoint - Traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year 2016 is the year of the monkey. Includes informational text, fun test your knowledge questions, and activities and crafts to celebrate. 18 slides. Enjoy! Updated February 2015

Georgia on My Mind - Symbols of Georgia PowerPoint. Slides introduce the symbols of Georgia...from the mountains to the coast, the city of Atlanta, the professional sports teams, and interesting facts along the way about the state flower, state flag, state seal, state bird, etc. Students will learn through photos and pictures all about Georgia state symbols and have fun. Includes a link to video of Ray Charles playing Georgia on my Mind.

Children's Book Writing Project - Immigrants. Writing and research project. Students write a children's book about American immigrants. Students must use imagination and research to create a historical fiction book for children. Includes handout, grading rubric and research links. Enjoy. - HappyEdugator

Voting and Political Process in Georgia PowerPoint. Good Election Day lesson. 24 slide presentation on the voting and political process in Georgia. Students will learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the voting and election requirements in Georgia. This is a useful tool for Georgia History. - HappyEdugator

Canada - All About Canada PowerPoint Presentation. Includes information on Canada's geography, environmental issues, trade, the Canadian Shield, Government, Provinces and Territories, and History, Lots of information to use to supplement your unit on Canada. Also has information on Canada Day! 36 slides. - HappyEdugator Updated March 2015.

China - All About China PowerPoint Presentation. Studying China? 62 slide PowerPoint on China. This presentation is packed with information on China: the land, the people, the history and the culture. Complete with animation, interesting facts about China, and lots of photographs of different regions of China, this presentation is a good way to supplement a unit of study with an overview of Chinese population, politics, manufacturing, products, agriculture, wildlife, religion, and landmarks. For example, the one-child policy, Chairman Mao, Three Gorges Dam, and educational system are some of the topics covered. This can also be used in Language Arts class to build background knowledge of China for the novel The Red Scarf Girl.

The American Revolution and Georgia PowerPoint. 27 slide PowerPoint presentation explains the causes of the Revolutionary War, and how the state of Georgia became involved in it. Most of the presentation deals with the events leading to the Revolutionary War,and can be used in any study of U.S. History. The last five slides deal with Georgia's role, which is a useful tool for a Georgia History class. Animated graphics will engage your students. - HappyEdugator

Forms of Government and Economic Terms PowerPoint. Fundamental forms of government and economic terms to introduce students to basic concepts for understanding. Autocratic, Democratic, Oligarchic, and Parliamentary. Includes link to a hangman game on forms of government. Slides also discuss basic economic terms such as market economy, mixed economy, and command economy, tariffs, and trade barriers. - HappyEdugator

Chinese New Year PowerPoint - Traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year. Includes informational text, fun test your knowledge questions, and activities and crafts to celebrate. 18 slides.One slide focuses on Chinese New Year 2015 with a short video...about the confusion of the year of the sheep, goat, or ram. Enjoy! Updated February 2015 - HappyEdugator

A Christmas Truce PowerPoint - A Reader’s Theater. 44 slides. You can use this in the classroom or make it into a production for Christmas. This is about the miraculous and spontaneous truce in the trenches during WWI where the British and German soldiers stopped fighting. Listen to the song Christmas in the Trenches, and use it as an introduction. We also connect this to Snoopy and the Red Baron’s Christmas Truce. Play slideshow while students are reading printed cards as a production for parents or visitors. We performed this for parents and invited the VFW to come visit. Includes details on the performance and how to do your own, ideas for backdrop, costumes, suggested music, links, and how to make Snoopy luminaries out of old gallon milk jugs! We ended our performance with everyone singing Snoopy’s Christmas. We did this several years in a row. It turned out to be a great success. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Georgia - Symbols of Georgia Interactive PowerPoint. Fun interactive slides ask Georgia students to choose the state flower, state flag, state seal, state bird, etc. If they get it right, It will say, "Yes! Good Job! You're a true Georgian..." and if they get it wrong it will say, Oops, try again." Students will learn about Georgia state symbols and have fun, too! Includes a link to video of Ray Charles playing Georgia on my Mind. - HappyEdugator