How far I have come

My game plan is to incorporate real world problems into my world history class. I am planning on having one real world problem per quarter.
First quarter - Greece's/Rome's government - compare other countries' governments along with Americas. What governments work and which ones do not. My concerns are that for Greece's government and Rome's government project has lack of direction. This can cause students to become lost and have many problems. I am planning on starting this project in the next three weeks.
Second quarter - Crusades - Fixing the problems in the Middle East. My administrators have mentioned to me that this might be a touchy subject since our school has a high number of Islamic people in our building, and because of problems with the Christian population in our building. I feel this project can show that this problem can be worked out with the right resources.
Third quarter - Black Death - CDC zombie apocalypse response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp. My administrator had mixed feelings about this project. I might have to try something else. Zombies currently have a huge following, and I feel that the students will see how people in society react to certain outbreaks of plagues. I know as soon as our administrators see the outcome, they will like this project.
Fourth quarter - Age of exploration - How should people/countries interact with indigenous people of a region. There are a ton of accounts of the affects of people intermingling with indigenous people throughout history. I feel that the students will enjoy this project.
Overall, I am finding a good amount of resources for my projects and seems to be moving forward at a good pace. Our school has a lot of technology and the students, for the most part, seem to understand how to use it. I have not really modified my action plan yet, but I can see myself changing it in the near future. My main concern is the amount of time that these projects will take since because of our curriculum. I hope I can get these projects in and still hit all of the standards/indicators this year.