Is the World War I PowerPoint template free?

Yes. The free version with ten pre-filled content slides is free to download for lessons, assemblies and personal use. The full version with twenty content slides is a paid upgrade.

How many slides are included?

The free file has 24 slides: ten content slides, a blank copy of each layout, and reference slides for fonts, elements and icons. The full version has 44 slides with twenty content slides.

Is the template animated?

Yes. The content slides have entrance animations built in. You can remove or change them from the Animations tab in PowerPoint.

Which fonts does it use?

Playfair Display for headlines and Raleway for body text. Both are free Google Fonts; install them before opening the file so the slides look like the preview.

Can I use it in Canva?

Yes. A Canva version is linked on this page, so you can open the same design in Canva and edit it there.

Can I use it for Remembrance Day or Veterans Day?

Yes. The deck is built around the Armistice of November 11, 1918, with slides on the poppy, the two-minute silence and the Remembrance service, and the full version includes a Remembrance assembly agenda and a table of how the day is marked in different countries.

World War I PowerPoint Template

The World War I PowerPoint Template is a dark, respectful history deck built around the Armistice of November 11, 1918. The cover lays "The Eleventh Hour" over a poppy field at sunset with a stamped 11.11 seal, and the content slides alternate between dark green with faint contour lines and aged paper, framed by a barbed wire border, with red poppies, a soldier's helmet and small red markers. Playfair Display gives the headlines a classic serif weight and Raleway keeps the body text light. Entrance animations are built into the content slides.

What's Inside

Ten content slides come pre-filled with history content that is written to be presented or replaced. After the cover there is a "The war to end all wars" section divider, an Armistice headline slide on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, a "How the war unfolded" timeline from Sarajevo in 1914 to Versailles in 1919, three symbols of Remembrance (the poppy, the poem and the silence), a "Life at the front" trenches slide, a three-number slide on the scale of the war, a "Places of memory" photo grid, the In Flanders Fields quote by John McCrae and a "We Will Remember Them" closing slide. Reference slides for fonts, elements and icons are included, plus a blank copy of every layout so new pages match the rest.

The full version adds ten more layouts: a six-question contents page, the alliances of 1914 in two columns, six things that made this war different, an "Armistice Day around the world" comparison table, a five-step "From the first talks to the last shot" process, a dos and don'ts slide for taking part in a Remembrance service, a "Words from the trenches" glossary, a full-bleed "Row on row" picture slide, a John McCrae profile card and a Remembrance assembly agenda.

Who Is This Template For?

Made for history teachers covering the First World War and the Armistice, schools preparing a Remembrance or Veterans Day assembly, students presenting a project on the war, and community groups or veterans' associations running a memorial service. The profile card, timeline and agenda layouts are easy to repurpose for a local soldier, your town's memorial or your own ceremony.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the World War I PowerPoint template free?: Yes. The free version with ten pre-filled content slides is free to download for lessons, assemblies and personal use. The full version with twenty content slides is a paid upgrade.
How many slides are included?: The free file has 24 slides: ten content slides, a blank copy of each layout, and reference slides for fonts, elements and icons. The full version has 44 slides with twenty content slides.
Is the template animated?: Yes. The content slides have entrance animations built in. You can remove or change them from the Animations tab in PowerPoint.
Which fonts does it use?: Playfair Display for headlines and Raleway for body text. Both are free Google Fonts; install them before opening the file so the slides look like the preview.
Can I use it in Canva?: Yes. A Canva version is linked on this page, so you can open the same design in Canva and edit it there.
Can I use it for Remembrance Day or Veterans Day?: Yes. The deck is built around the Armistice of November 11, 1918, with slides on the poppy, the two-minute silence and the Remembrance service, and the full version includes a Remembrance assembly agenda and a table of how the day is marked in different countries.