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This study aimed to identify the effect of using the project method in teaching citizenship and social studies on the social intelligence and achievement among intermediate level students in Riyadh, where the study included two main questions to detect the effect of using the project method in teaching citizenship and social studies on the students’ social intelligence levels (oral, and behavioral), and on the achievement of intermediate level students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In order to achieve these questions; the study used the experimental method (quasi-experimental). The results revealed a statistically significant differences at the level of significance 0.05, between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group according to the social intelligence scale in the post test in favor of the experimental group, as well as a statistically significant differences at the level of significance 0.05 between the mean scores of the experimental group in social intelligence between the two tests (pre and post) in favor of the post test, and the results showed a statistically significant differences at the significance level 0.05 between the average test scores for the experimental and the control group in favor of the experimental group, and finally the results of the study showed a statistically significant differences in achievement at the significance level 0.05 between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre and posttests in favor of the post test. (Published abstract)