Social Studies
We feel your pain.
We know it's difficult sometimes on our schedules to come up with new engaging lessons.
We at Amped Up Learning want to remain authentic by offering products designed, written and used by real teachers. We're teaming up with excellent teachers around the country to offer awesome downloadable products in the new Lesson Marketplace of Amped Up. Easy-to-use, effective activities that are standards-aligned, engaging, cooperative, challenging and involve critical thinking. And best of all, you don't have to do anything (except make some copies!).
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Biography: Harriet Tubman
$2.25This biography of Harriet Tubman focuses on her escape from slavery in Maryland, her role as a "conductor" along the Underground Railroad, and her involvement in the women's suffrage movement. The biography includes a series of...$2.25 -
Biography: Frederick Douglass
$2.25This biography of Frederick Douglass focuses on his escape from slavery in Maryland, his support for women's suffrage, and his prominent role in both the abolitionist movement and full equality for African Americans in the years after the Civil War. The...$2.25 -
Biography Bundle: Abolitionists (Distance Learning Option)
MSRP: $15.75$12.75This bundle contains a series of seven biographies on individuals associated with the abolitionist movement in the United States during the 19th century. The biographies can be either printed directly OR converted to digital activities using Google...MSRP: $15.75$12.75 -
World War Two - Evaluation Poster to assess learning
$1.50Developed to support assessment of historical knowledge within World War 2, we devised this Fact Map to enable children to record what they had learnt about different elements of World War 2 at the end of the topic. It proved a useful assessment tool,...$1.50 -
Bundled Mini-Lesson: The Corps of Discovery
MSRP: $9.25$7.50There is no better way to discuss America's westward expansion than with the story of the Corps of Discovery. Charged by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly-acquired Louisiana Territory, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led 58 men, a Shoshone woman,...MSRP: $9.25$7.50 -
Biography: John Adams
$2.25This biography of John Adams focuses on his role as a Founding Father, including his opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765, his role in defending British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, and his troubled foreign policy while serving as President...$2.25 -
Biography Bundle: The Founding Fathers (Distance Learning Option)
MSRP: $13.50$11.00This series of biographies of the Founding Fathers is a perfect resource for both middle and high school teachers. The bundle includes six biographies that can be either printed directly OR easily converted to digital activities using Google Slides...MSRP: $13.50$11.00 -
Biography Bundle: American Presidents (Distance Learning Option)
MSRP: $20.25$15.00This series of biographies of American presidents between the late 18th and early 20th centuries is a perfect resource for both middle and high school teachers. The bundle includes nine biographies that can be either printed directly OR easily converted...MSRP: $20.25$15.00 -
Biography: Benjamin Franklin
$2.25This biography of Benjamin Franklin focuses on his role as a Founding Father of the United States, including his Albany Plan of Union, his service as a Pennsylvania delegate, and his involvement in the Franco-American Alliance of 1778. The biography...$2.25 -
Biography: George III
$2.25This biography of the 18th century British monarch George III focuses on his attempt to preserve control over England's American colonies. Beginning with the Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited colonial settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains,...$2.25 -
Bundle: Biographies in World History
MSRP: $94.50$47.25This biography series on important figures in world history between the Roman Empire and the Age of Enlightenment will engage your students for an entire year! The bundle includes 42 biographies that can either be printed directly OR...MSRP: $94.50$47.25 -
Gettysburg Address Collaborative Poster Project
$5.00The Gettysburg Address is one of the United States most famous speeches in the history of the Untied States. In the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, delivered a concise yet powerful message to the people of the United States as they...$5.00