These PowerPoint lesson plans have been designed around California Standards for use in middle school classrooms. Lesson plans, step sheets, and corresponding attachments have been created as PDF documents or as source documents depending on their use. PDF documents will either download to your local computer, or open in Adobe Acrobat within your web browser if it is configured to do so.

All sample PowerPoint presentations or templates used with these lesson plans are labeled as such in the list of attachments. These PowerPoint documents will either download to your local computer, or open in Microsoft PowerPoint within your web browser if it is configured to do so. 

For copyright purposes, the majority of PowerPoint sample or template presentations contain placeholders for teachers to locate and place appropriate photos and images. Those presentations containing photos and images are used with permission of the owners.

PowerPoint Lesson Plans

• Getting Down to Basics in Art
• Music Careers and Career Pathways
• World Beat - Music in Cultures Worldwide

Arts

History - Social Science

• The Sumerians
• The Chinese During Medieval Times

Language Arts

• Convince Me
• Illuminated Poetry
• Hero Awards

Science

• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: HIV/AIDS
• Cell Biology: Cell Structures and their Functions

Mathematics

• It's the Right Thing
• Statistical Measurements

Foreign Language

• The Weather: Poetry, Prose, and Prediction
• Se vende: la casa y los bienes raíces

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