Next assignments

I am new to this medium but I want to try it out and see where it leads me. The school year is about a third complete and my classes seem to be progressing along very well. Our next assignment will be to re-touch old photographs. While this is a bit dull it does offers some real-world applications for using Photoshop. Hopefully my students will not find it too boring. We will also be working on a studio project called "Make object special". In this assignment the students will bring mundane objects to the studio to photograph on their assigned day. The objects should be photographed in such a way as to reveal something interesting about what would otherwise be just another mundane object. Check out last years examples on the Spain Park Art Gallery (see link on the side).

My favorite is the roll of paper by S Young. What is yours?
What are some ideas you can share for this assignment?