Suggested Topics for Research

Prepare for the research paper by choosing a person who has contributed significantly to society and positively impacted society. Please start selecting a topic now. The person chosen for the topic may be of national or international stature. Start utilizing search engines and other reference sources that may give enough information to help you make an intelligent choice. Choose from the list below.

Before going to the media center, each student must develop a thesis statement; thus' the need to find some information on a tentative topic. (See back of this sheet for examples of thesis statements.) Approximately two weeks before going to the media center to begin research, the class will receive instruction on MLA (Modern Language Association) format. Classes will go to the media center on Monday, April 25 through Friday, April 29, 2011. We will go to Computer Lab 601 on Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3. Topics are due on Monday, April 25 and thesis statements are due at the start of class on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Thesis statement counts as a quiz grade.

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Susan B. Anthony

Lech Walesa

Jane Addams

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Helen Caldicott

Alfred Nobel

Michail Gorbachev

Mahatmas Gandhi

Mother Teresa

Jesse Jackson

Chief Seattle

Dr. Maria Montessori

Rosa Parks

Ella Baker

Albert Schweitzer

Andrei Sakharov

Linus Pauling

Cesar Chavez

Eleanor Roosevelt

Jimmy Carter

Emma Goldman

Medgar Evers

Dalai Lama

Dorothy Day

Rachel Carson

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Thich Nhat Hanh

Benazir Bhutto

Bono
John Glenn

Dr. Jane Goodall

Ameila Earhart

Sean Combs

Michael Eisner

Oprah Winfrey

Walt Disney

Clara Barton

Winston Churchill

Marie Curie

Langston Hughes

Margaret Thatcher

Corazon Aquino

Jenny Shipley

Ariel Sharon

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Charles Yeager

Christopher Columbus

Madeleine Albright

Marian Anderson

Alexander Graham Bell

Elizabeth Blackwell

Bessie Coleman

Charles Darwin

Thomas Edison

Albert Einstein

Althea Gibson

Lorraine Hansberry

Helen Keller

Charles Lindberg

Guglielmo Marconi

Mozart

Isaac Newton

Sandra Day O’Connor

Thurgood Marshall

Jesse Owens

Jackie Robinson

Arthur Ashe

FranklinDelanoRoosevelt

Wilma Rudolph

The Wright Brothers

Leo Tolstoy

Nelson Mandela

Margaret Thatcher

Indira Gandhi

Neil Armstrong

Sally Ride

Arnold Palmer

Muhamed Ali

Roberto Clemente

Wilma Mankiller

Malcolm X

Barbara Jordan

Rocky Marciano

General George Patton

Louis Pasteur

Ronald Reagan

Booker T. Washington

Sigmund Freud

Benjamin Franklin

John F. Kennedy

Edward Rickenbacker

General Douglas McArthur

Ralph Bunche

Dwight Eisenhower

Theodore Roosevelt

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Ideas for Thesis Statements for Research Papers

  1. ______influenced and had a major impact on society through his/her ______, ______, and ______.
  1. ______affected society in a positive manner because of his/her contributions in ______, ______, and ______.
  1. The world is a better place because of______’s accomplishments in ______, ______, and ______.
  1. ______made a difference in the world because of his /her efforts in ______, ______, and ______.
  1. ______contributed greatly to the world because of his/her ______, ______, and ______.
  1. Society benefits greatly because of ______’s endeavors in ______, ______, and ______.
  1. ______impacted society significantly because of his/her accomplishments in ______.

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