Social Studies Fair Topic Information
The Avoyelles Parish Library System can help with Social Studies
Fair Project research. Listed below are some topics found in our
vertical files – information collected from newspapers, magazines,
brochures, and pamphlets. These are stored in the Louisiana Room.
These files may be a good beginning point for research or to find a
topic of interest to the student. Information or ideas for other topics
may be found in the non-fiction section of the library, on one of the
databases or through one of the links found at our public access
computers. It is very important to remember:
The student should choose a topic of interest to him or her.
The student should limit a topic to one that can be discussed
with thoroughness within a time limitation of 3 minutes.
Students should use at least 3 sources – including magazines,
newspapers, books, Internet sources, and possibly
personal interviews.
A complete social studies project must include a written research
paper, a free-standing project board, and a prepared oral
presentation. Information on the project board usually includes but
is not limited to pictures, graphs, statistics, or maps.
Files found in general topics:
Abortion
Acid Rain
Affirmative Action
Afghanistan – Women
Aging and Age Discrimination
Alaska and Oil Spill
Airport Security –
after September 11, 2001
Anazasi
Animal Research
Animals – Sept. 11th.
Anthrax Threat
Architecture – Trends and History
Bill of Rights
Buffalo Soldiers
Byrd, Richard: Arctic Exploration
Capital Punishment
Capitol Building – Washington DC
Celtic Europe
Child Abuse
Cloning
Cold War
Colonial America
Columbus, Christopher
Constitution of the United States
Crime
Crime – Juvenile Delinquency
Crime – Organized
Crime Prevention
Crime – Violent
Crime – White Collar
Criminal Justice – The Offender
Criminal Justice – The Victim
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
Dinosaurs Map
Drug Abuse – Cocaine
Drug Abuse – Depressants
Drug Abuse – Hallucinogens
Drug Abuse Heroin
Drug Abuse – Inhalants
Drug Abuse – Marijuana
Drug Abuse – Opiates
Drug Abuse – Prescription Drugs
Drug Abuse – Sedative-Hypnotics
Drug Abuse – Stimulants
Drug Education / Prevention
Drunk Driving
Earth’s Surface Map
Eating Disorders
Electoral College
Energy – Alternative Sources
Environment – Water
Equality
European Community
Explorers
Family Violence
Flag – US
Flag – US: Flag Burning Issue
Flat Tax
Forest Fires
Gambling
Geology
Global Warming
Government – US
Gun Control
Hazardous Waste - Love Canal
Hieroglyphs
Human Rights
Immigration
Indian Tribes of North America
Islam
Kennedy, Robert
Laws - How Our Laws Are Made
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
“I Have a Dream” Speech
Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Legal System
Manson Family Murders
Marshall, Thurgood
McAuliffe, Christa
Mennonites
Military Draft
Military Budgets and
Women in the Military
Missile Defense
MX Missiles
New Year’s Day – Customs
North American Free Trade Agreement
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear War
Nuclear Waste
Oil Industry
Oklahoma Bombing
Map
Olympic Games
Pearl Harbor
Pentagon – Sept. 11th
Persian Gulf War
Presidents of the US - Pictures
Pyramids
Recycling
Religion and Politics
Roman Empire
Royalty
Russia
Segway
Sexual Harassment
Ships – Pirate
Solar Energy
Soviet Republics
Soviet Union
Space Exploration
Spanish Exploration in the Americas Map
Star Wars Defense System
Supreme Court
Survivalists
Taxes
Titanic
Terrorism
(See also War in Afghanistan)
Tutankhamun
Union Pacific
Utah (See also Young, Brigham)
Volcanoes
War in Afghanistan (See also Terrorism/Anthrax /Women in Afghanistan)
Washington DC (See also White House)
Wetlands
White House
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Young, Brigham (See also Utah)
Topics from the Louisiana Vertical Files:
History of Acadia and the Acadians
Archaeology of Louisiana – various sites
Architecture Louisiana House Types
Atchafalaya River
Barataria/Terrebonne Estuary
Battle of New Orleans
Bontemps, Arna
Caddo Indians
Cadoria, Brig. Gen. Sherian
Cheneyville
Chenier, Clifton
Cheniers
Chopin, Kate
Civil War – Bailey’s Dam
Civil War – Port Hudson
Civil War – Red River Campaign
Civil War – Stories
Duel, Sandbar
Fiscal Reform in Louisiana
Fish – Farming
Floods
Fort St. Jean Baptiste
Gaines, Ernest J.
Gender Equity
Government of Louisiana
Hansen’s Disease ( Leprosy) and Carville
Hodges Gardens
Hunter, Clementine
Hurricanes
Indian Tribes
Kane, Harnett
Land Loss
Long, Huey
Louisiana Hayride
Mardi Gras
McCrea Rock Festival
Natchitoches
Nutria
Northup, Solomon
(Also Twelve Years a Slave)
Oil Industry
Plantation Homes
Poverty Point
Red River Raft
Salt Industry in Louisiana
Shipwreck El Nuevo Constante
Special Olympics
State Capitol Building
(New) State Capitol Building (Old)
Sugar and Sugar Cane (and the economic impact of any other Louisiana crop)
Superport
Tidelands
Treasures – hidden in Louisiana
Tuscaloosa Trend
Wetlands
Wildlife Law Enforcement
Information from the Avoyelles Vertical File:
Avoyelles Parish – History
Avoyelles Parish – Bald Eagle Program
Boucherie
Bowie Knife
Avoyelles Civil War Battle of Mansura
Avoyelles Civil War
Battle of Yellow Bayou or Fort Humbug
Avoyelles Civil War Fort DeRussy
Avoyelles Civil War Boone’s Battery
Avoyelles Colleges - Evergreen College
Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows
Avoyelles Colleges - Marksville
Collegiate Institute
Cottonport – History
Dubois-LaCase Duel
Lake Olphelia Wildlife Refuge
Mansura – Cochon de Lait
Marksville – Commemorative Area
Marksville – The Day It Rained Fish
Marksville – Egg Knocking
Marksville – History
Marksville - Fete du Ble Indian Festival
Marksville – LePatgeaux
Marksville – Slot Machines
Moncla Bridge Collapse
Orphan Train
Railroad History in Avoyelles
Simmesport – Bridge
Simmesport – Fishing Industry
Spring Bayou
Tunica-Biloxi Gaming