Focus on people and social networking.
Creating fictional characters in a social media setting is a popular project. However before jumping into this type of project we can learn a lesson from a librarian at the University of Nevada at Reno. She brought two students from school history "back to life" through Facebook. However she found out the creating false profile was not permitted under the Terms of Use. Instead, she created PAGES for the students which was permissible. Read Facebook Deletes University's History Project for Violating Social Network's Rules. The project is now back online as the Joe McDonald page, the Leola Lewis page, and Jimmie Curtin page. You can also LIKE the Special Collection.
These type of fictional facebook pages are common in young adult literature.
If you want to use a system other than Facebook to create a fake profile for a class, go to MyFakeWall. Check out Cinderella and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
You can also use Google Docs Templates. Check out the Historical Facebook Lesson by Derrick Waddell.''
Use a tool like Edmodo for a closed environment for exploring social networks and profiles.