The following list of research and activity ideas is intended to offer suggestions for complementing social studies and history curricula, to trigger additional ideas for enhancing learning, and to suggest cross-disciplinary projects for library and classroom use.

Activity 1: Teen life in colonial America

Assignment: Imagine that you and two of your friends are living in colonial America and you possess the power of time-travel. The three of you have been invited by a present-day social studies class to tell about colonial American life from a teenager's perspective. You accept the invitation, promising to make your presentation both informative and entertaining.

Preparation: First you must select your roles. For instance, you could be Puritan teenagers living in a small town or on neighboring farms. You might be African slaves...