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