In teaching my fourth graders in Saline, Michigan, one challenge I have noticed within my Social Studies units of United States regions and Michigan history is that my students have a hard time empathizing and conceptualizing both life outside of their immediate region and immediate time period. This makes it difficult for them to truly and deeply understand the geography, climate, and culture of the other U.S. regions, as well as the impact of historic events/movements on today’s Michigan. In addition, while implementing project-based learning units in both of these areas, I have noticed students’ tendencies to be narrow-minded and lacking in creativity when attempting to take on an authentic role such as a travel agent for a U.S. region, or a historian on an aspect of Michigan history. Finally, students have shown a need to develop communication skills when presenting their findings from research. Thus, I am proposing the integration of green screen and communication technologies into my Social Studies projects, so as to allow students the opportunity to bring different places and time periods into the classroom, create authentic backgrounds to depict their findings, and then interact with those backgrounds to create an innovative presentation. I will evaluate their success through the use of rubrics, interviews, and classroom observation.