215 Best History-Themed Templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides

CrystalGraphics History PowerPoint Templates are a treasure trove of inspiration for creatives looking to craft engaging presentations that captivate audiences. These 60+ stunning templates take you on a journey through the ages, from ancient civilizations like the pyramids in Egypt with a breathtaking sky background to the birth of democracy in the United States of America.

With a focus on timeless values and historical significance, these templates offer a unique blend of form and function that ensures your presentation stands out. Whether you're looking for a neutral background to showcase a tawny brown colored foreground or a classic American flag design, CrystalGraphics has got you covered. Browse through the vast collection and discover templates that inspire, educate, and engage your audience.

Experience the best in presentation design with instant 24/7 download access and compatibility with Google Slides. The wide range of formats, from widescreen to standard, ensures seamless integration into any presentation workflow. Add a personal touch to your slides by customizing elements for full customization. With CrystalGraphics History PowerPoint Templates, you can unleash your creativity and create unforgettable presentations that leave a lasting impact.

Take the first step towards creating exceptional presentations today! Explore our vast collection of history-themed templates, and discover how you can elevate your presentation game with confidence and ease. Browse through other categories to find the perfect template for your needs, or download and customize with instant 24/7 access.

Features & Pricing

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▼Key features of this template

They are compatible with both PowerPoint and Google Slides running on either Windows PCs or Macs.
They are available in both standard and widescreen slide formats. You can choose your preferred format by clicking on the "Widescreen" check box or icon.
Each template includes a beautiful high-resolution background image or video to visually reinforce the theme of your presentation.
In addition, each template includes designer-created graphics and modern fonts to give your presentations an up-to-date, professional look.
Each template's default design and title text position have been carefully selected to complement its background without covering faces or other key elements.
All text includes backdrops whose transparency level is mathematically calculated to maximize text readability while still allowing the background to be seen.
And all the text, text backdrops and graphics in every slide are colored with a palette designed to beautifully complement the colors in the background.
Our Premium templates (those with the descriptor “Premium” in their subtitle) include over 64 slide layouts to give you maximum flexibility as you create your presentations.
- Those layouts are available to you whenever you create a new slide or when you want to change the layout of an existing slide.
- They include everything you need to make all sorts of presentations. In addition to the layouts for the title slide and the usual title and content slide, they include many other layouts for slide types including table of contents slides, org charts, charts, diagrams, infographics, photo slides, thank you slides and more.
- While creating these layouts our template designers have ensured that all text in every layout adjusts as gracefully as possible to various numbers of words.
Customizable templates (those with the descriptor “Customizable” in their subtitle) may be easily modified online before you download them.
- To modify them, simply click on the pencil editing icon, then select your choice of ready to go designs and title text positions.
- The editing tool also makes it easy to reposition and scale the background image or video to best suit your needs.

▼FAQs

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What is a PowerPoint template?
- A well designed PowerPoint template is a file that can tell PowerPoint how to make your ordinary templates look extraordinary. They won’t change what your words or numbers say. But they might change their size, color, font and placement. And, overall, they can give your presentations a professionally-designed look that will give your content more credibility and give you more confidence.
How many PowerPoint templates do you offer?
- We have over 32,000 artist-created presentation templates in our PowerPlugs collection With a subscription, PowerPlugs templates are easy to download. Just sign in, find a template and click on the green Download button. ready for you to download. That alone offers you more variety to choose from than any of our competitors can offer. And, as if that weren’t enough, we also offer over 6 million templates in our Crystal collection. Crystal brand templates are our line of templates that have customization options. They have the word "CRYSTAL" on their web page images. You can customize several aspects of the templates. These templates include high-resolution background images from Shutterstock’s vast image collection matched up with artist-created presentation designs customized by our own proprietary AI software.
How many templates can I download as a subscriber?
- You can download an unlimited number of PowerPlugs-brand With a subscription, PowerPlugs templates are easy to download. Just sign in, find a template and click on the green Download button. templates every day for an entire year. (Actually, by default, we set a limit of 25 templates per day to prevent our competitors from stealing our templates. But, if that is not enough, just let us know and we’ll try to accommodate you.) On top of that, with a subscription or an Ultimate Combo, you can also download any 50 Crystal-brand Crystal brand templates are our line of templates that have customization options. They have the word "CRYSTAL" on their web page images. You can customize several aspects of the templates. templates per year selected from our huge Crystal collection. Crystal brand templates are our line of templates that have customization options. They have the word "CRYSTAL" on their web page images. You can customize several aspects of the templates. .

Why should I choose your templates instead of the competition’s?
- We’ve got a larger selection of professionally-designed PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world.
- Each template includes a high-resolution background image or video to visually inspire your audiences while reinforcing your message.
- Each template includes 64 slide layouts to give you maximum flexibility as you create your presentations.
- Our templates are available in both standard and widescreen slide formats. And our website lets you preview the slides each way.
- Our free Template Finder™ plugin lets subscribers select and - with a single click - download and insert our templates into their presentations right from within PowerPoint.
- We’ve been creating designer presentation templates for over 20 years. During that time we’ve won several awards and 5-star ratings for product quality. See About Us for more.
Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
- Yes we do! We offer full 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase.

Can I still use my downloaded templates after my subscription runs out?
- Yes. After your subscription expires, you won't lose any rights or ability to use your PowerPlugs: Templates for PowerPoint. You won't be able to download any new non-watermarked templates. But the non-watermarked templates you've already downloaded will still work and you can still use them as before.
Can I share my downloaded templates or passwords with friends or coworkers?
- Sorry but no. You are authorized to download each paid-for template to up to 3 of your personal devices and to use the templates you download in as many presentations as you want. But you are not authorized to share the templates, themselves, with others. That said, we do offer highly discounted site licenses to suit the needs of both small and large teams. Just tell us your needs and we’ll give you a quote!
System requirements:
- The templates use the standard POTX format. So they are compatible with Google Slides and all PC, Mac and mobile devices running any version of PowerPoint from PowerPoint 2007 up through and including Office 365 desktop.
- Please note: Google Slides does not currently support background videos. It treats them as still images.
- For PowerPoint for the Web, first open your template into a desktop version of PowerPoint, then save it back out as a PPTX file. Then you can open that in PowerPoint for the Web.

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How will I get my purchased templates?
- You may download your selected templates as soon as your payment is received by PayPal. If you purchased an individual template, you will be provided with a download link both onscreen and via email. Just click on that link to begin the download process. If you purchased a subscription, you will receive an email containing a password to use along with your email address to sign in to any of the templates pages on CrystalGraphics.com. Once you are signed in, you can immediately start downloading your selected templates.
How do I use my templates after I download them?
- You can either open a template to start a new presentation or you can add a template to an existing presentation. To open a template, just double click on it or use PowerPoint's File > Open tool. To add a template to an existing presentation, on the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Browse for Themes... then browse to select your template.

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215 Best History-Themed Templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides

Washington D.c.,usa -

PPT layouts consisting of washington d c usa - august 11 2016 visitors at the main hall of the national museum of natural history in washington d c

Washington D.c.,usa -

PPT layouts having washington d c usa - august 11 2016 main hall at the national museum of natural history in washington d c

Young Doctor Reading Case History

Washington D.c.,usa -

PPT layouts having washington d c usa - august 11 2016 visitors at the main hall of the national museum of natural history in washington d c backdrop

Washington D.c.,usa -

Slides with washington d c usa - august 11 2016 main hall at the national museum of natural history in washington d c backdrop

Fukuoka Japan December 6,

PPT theme with fukuoka japan - december 6 2012 canal city shops at night canal city is the largest private development in the history of japan at a size of 2 5-million sq ft

Woman Looking City Guide Macao

PPT theme consisting of woman looking at city guide in macao city

Moscow Apr 05 2014:

Presentation design with moscow - apr 05 2014 group of schoolchildren on the excursion in the museum of the history telephone in moscow

London,uk July 26,

PPT layouts with london uk - july 26 2019 statue of charles darwin at the natural history museum in london

Architecture Berlin Reflected Spree River,

Slide deck featuring architecture of berlin reflected in spree river germany background

Russian Numismatics Vintage Items

Slide set featuring russian numismatics vintage items

▼Key features of this template

They are compatible with both PowerPoint and Google Slides running on either Windows PCs or Macs.

They are available in both standard and widescreen slide formats. You can choose your preferred format by clicking on the "Widescreen" check box or icon.

Each template includes a beautiful high-resolution background image or video to visually reinforce the theme of your presentation.

In addition, each template includes designer-created graphics and modern fonts to give your presentations an up-to-date, professional look.

Each template's default design and title text position have been carefully selected to complement its background without covering faces or other key elements.

All text includes backdrops whose transparency level is mathematically calculated to maximize text readability while still allowing the background to be seen.

And all the text, text backdrops and graphics in every slide are colored with a palette designed to beautifully complement the colors in the background.

Our Premium templates (those with the descriptor “Premium” in their subtitle) include over 64 slide layouts to give you maximum flexibility as you create your presentations.

Customizable templates (those with the descriptor “Customizable” in their subtitle) may be easily modified online before you download them.

▼FAQs

What is a PowerPoint template?

How many PowerPoint templates do you offer?

How many templates can I download as a subscriber?

Why should I choose your templates instead of the competition’s?

Do you offer a money-back guarantee?

Can I still use my downloaded templates after my subscription runs out?

Can I share my downloaded templates or passwords with friends or coworkers?

System requirements:

End user license agreement:

How will I get my purchased templates?

How do I use my templates after I download them?

View more History templates: