1. Social Studies Project Ideas Movement Compare how ideas, people, and things used to be moved across North America to how ideas, people, and things are moved now. Ideas – research transportation, communication, and travel past and present Show – Venn diagram

2. Social Studies Project Ideas Politics Describe the political parties in the United States. What roles do they play? Ideas – research democrats/republican Show – Symbols and beliefs of each party

3. Social Studies Project Ideas Wars Describe the impacts of wars on the US citizens: Civil War World War 1 World War 2 Korean War Vietnam Persian Gulf War 21 st Century War on Terrorism

4. Social Studies Project Ideas Human Rights Describe the effectiveness of civil rights movements in the United States: Women’s Sufferage Civil Rights Movement

5. Social Studies Project Ideas School Compare and contrast the education system in the United States to the education system in other countries. Finland China Japan England Mexico