How about a history project on the Mayflower?
It is the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World.
You would get to build a model ship, and you would need to put together display telling how the Mayflower helped the Pilgrims across the ocean.
That would be a practical exercise. Practical means the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas. So it would apply to real life situations.
Hope this helps!
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