If you do not find something that interests you on this page check in your social studies book. Look in the table of contents in the front of the book to get major ideas. Look in the index to find certain people, places, things, and events.

History:

Any of the presidents, wars, states, inventions, inventors, countries, etc..

How the following items have changed: our flag, housing (log cabin to now), telephones, computers, etc.

Events such as: Pearl Harbor; 9/11; how our school has changed; California Gold Rush

Items such as: Statue of Liberty; Washington D.C. monuments

Geography:

Acid Rain; Rivers; Map making; people living in the desert; petroleum; Rainforest; Panama Canal;

Places: Maurice now and then; Washington D.C.; New York City

How is the Vermilion River important; How do we use swamps?

Political Science:

The death penalty; How our government works; bill becomes a law; The lottery; Voting

Seat belt laws; driving age; Anti smoking; Pro smoking

Economics:

Taxes; Where is your dollar going;  How has Television affected us; Computer Games a big business; America's older people (nursing homes and costs, health care costs);

Anthropology:

Ancient Writings; How did early man live; Cherokee Indian lifestyles (or any Indian group);  Who were the earliest people living in Louisiana; Cajun People;

Sociology:

Capital punishment (death penalty)- Is it the answer?; How can music affect people; how are the blind educated; Radio (how does the radio affect our lives)