My plan for the contemporary teaching project is to an activity on Ancient Rome. It would involve the students to use Google Earth and get a visual on  modern day Rome and its physical features. The students would then choose one or two physical land features and use their knowledge of social studies and apply this to how such land features would have influenced Ancient Rome. Their presenation should be no more than two pages and the format is to be left open. This way the students have the flexibilty to present as they see most fit and creative. I would they use outlines, charts, etc. I will be presenting this idea with a sample outline and make some friendly suggestions. This will give the students a spring board to jump off of. The students will be 8th graders and I will be making initial contact with the school on Nov 7.