Social Studies
Research Topics
Listed on this page
are a number of topics that students can choose from for further study. You may
assign oral or written reports based on these subjects or any others that you
may want to add to the list.
- Numismatics (the study of coins,
particularly those from ancient times)
- Daily life in Cro-Magnon or
Neanderthal times
- Hammurabi's Code and its impact on
today's laws
- Early Tools-how they were constructed,
how they were used
- Ancient monuments such as
Stonehenge, the pyramids of Egypt or Mexico and Central America
- Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of
Pompeii
- Time line of important events in the
Ice Age
- The work of Louis and Mary Leakey *
A pictorial of clothing through the ages
- Prehistoric food-a typical diet
- A comparison of the Homo habilis and
Homo erectus
- The importance of the discovery of
fire
- Art work in the Ice Age,
particularly Lascaux, France or Altamira, Spain
- Exploration of burial methods
through the ages
- Cuneiforms, hieroglyphs, and other
forms of ancient writing
- Currency and other forms of money
- A chart of some methods of weights
and measurements
- List and description of tools used
by archaeologists
- Life in Dr or Catal Huyuk or other
early civilization
- A comparison of radiocarbon dating
versus potassium-argon dating
- Diagram of a prehistoric village
- A discussion of the evidences of
trade among early cities
- Early farming and the rise of cities
- Early methods of food storage
L@1994 Teacher Created Materials,
Inc.71#296 Thematic Unit-Archaeology