Use of PowerPoint in History

Once the basics of PowerPoint are mastered – relatively little ICT skill is needed – the presentations can be made to use in lessons in a variety of ways. See the tutorial to help you get started if you have never attempted creating a presentation. The process is quite slow to start with but after a while it become a simple task to whip up something really quite stunning!

Revision exercise – ten facts about a person or event are flashed up. Starting with the most difficult/obscure first. See how many questions pupils need before they can work out the person/event. Pupils have to piece together the information that they are presented with to make a judgement.

Teachers can give pupils a series of slides and they have to sort them into the correct sequence of events.