Week 1: Choosing a topic

This is one topic that I'm considering for my project:

Students may find history books to be boring. Teachers can use webquest on some topics as additional materials from the textbook. Teachers could also use CD-ROM materials that includes content from the textbook, quiz, test materials, audio, and video clips.
Video clips could be hyperlinks to video clips from PBS.org or from Discovery Channel websites, provided that the students are connected to the internet. Students could be more motivated in using the CD-ROM than reading the textbook, assuming there are computers available at school and at home.
I would like to develop a CD-ROM for a subject in U.S. history. I just don't know which period in U.S. history.