Book excerpt: Use hands-on projects to teach students about American History. The Fun Projects for U.S. History series has students using materials such as paint, clay, and poster board to create a wide array of displays, replicas, reproductions, artifacts, and adornments. The book has nine projects, extension activities for graphics, and a CD-ROM with the full text and all of the illustrations in full color. Projects: Patriotic Stationery, Faux-Leather Sewing Kit, Southern Cockades, Quilt Blocks, Union and Confederate Ironclads, and more.