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Social studies for the 21st century, argumentative writing prompts, scaffolded tasks, and using evidence.

Here in the great state of Kansas University basketball, our standards and assessment use the term “argumentative writing” to describe the process of supporting claims with evidence. That phrase can sound a little too much like some of last  year’s presidential debates or this month’s childish Twitter wars but . . . asking kids to create an argument and to support that argument really is a good thing. We want them to be able to look at a problem, gather and organize evidence, and use that evidence to create a well-supported argument.

As many of us move from a content focused instructional model to one that instead asks students to use that content in authentic ways, it can sometimes be difficult knowing how to actually have them write argumentatively. But there are resources available to help with your lesson design.

We’ve gone back to an earlier post from our partner blog History Tech to cherry pick some of our favorites. Pick and choose the ones that work best for you.

• In writing history essays, students may think their task is simply to   provide as much detail and information as they can, perhaps to prove how much they know. If they lack a sense of the overall purpose and structure of such essays, they will not see the central importance of the thesis statement within that structure.
• Students in a hurry often fail to tailor the thesis statement to the exact details and form of the DBQ or other essay prompt. They need to pay attention to the question’s details, and also to its form (e.g. compare and contrast, explain and describe, assess the validity, etc.), which can guide the way they structure their thesis statement and the essay as a whole.
• Students may view the thesis statement as an absolute claim and may make sweeping assertions they can’t possibly prove without qualification. They need to see a thesis as a tentative hypothesis, one they should qualify by referring to primary sources that seem to contradict it.
• Students need to see that a vague or overly broad thesis statement will make their task harder, not easier. A specific and divided, or segmented, thesis will delimit the task more effectively and make it easier for the student to organize the rest of the essay.

The site also suggests several steps we can take to encourage and support argumentative and evidence-based writing:

• Have students write frequently. Consider the demands of the writing tasks you use and have students write analytic pieces and historical arguments, not just descriptive or summary pieces.
• Teach students to write historical arguments where they make claims and support them with evidence.
• Segment and model this task. For example, teach students how to write thesis statements and share and evaluate models of effective theses.
• Reading multiple texts is essential to teaching evidence-based historical argument. Have students write analyses of single sources and also look across sources to answer a question.
• Select texts carefully so students encounter models of argument and also see how sources are the raw materials for making historical arguments.
• Use tools to make these ways of thinking explicit and routine for students. (For example, the SOAPStone graphic organizer reminds students to question a primary source along these dimensions: Source, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose.)

Characteristics of a Quick Write:

• quick to write and quick to assess (not grade), so able to read and provide feedback in just minutes
• isolates a specific literacy skill
• is not an essay
• embedded within the content being studied
• allows student to  wrestle with the application of skills within the investigation in which they just invested instructional time
• empowers students to write about something they are confident about
• can be used to track student growth with skill development over time

A Quick Write asks students to aggregate factual information to make an evidence-based argument, to rank the evidence by importance and usefulness, and to demonstrate specific historical thinking concepts such as periodization, interpretation, causation, comparison, and synthesis – more conceptual thinking that goes beyond the basics of Sam Wineburg’s suggested skills of sourcing, contextualizing, corroboration, and close reading.

You want to grab the stuff he shares:

• No More Death by Scantron! and Wounded Knee  (2015 NCSS presentation)
• Examples using  Ghost Dance Resources  and  Wounded Knee Student Responses
• Social Studies sentence starters
• Evidence Based Terms

And it’s always nice to have some writing prompts that support argumentative writing. The New York Times Learning Network has been generating prompts for years based on current events and contemporary issues. You can find over 500 different prompts here and here . They also created a useful article titled  For the Sake of Argument: Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials that provides some handy step-by-step tips that you can use to help design learning activities in your classroom.

We’ve put together a PDF handout with more examples, ideas, and suggestions from a variety of people. Head over to get even more about evidence based terms at the secondary level , over here to get more Quick Writes stuff from Bruce Lesh , and here for some cool goodies called Media Based Questions .

The presidential debates from last fall provide a great non -example of how to develop and support an argument. Your kids can do better. These tools can help.

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Meeting the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts: Argument Writing

In this investigation, we’ll explore what you can do to support students’ argument writing and learn to integrate key aspects of argument into their writing as this student has done. You’ll see that working on argument writing with students relies on an inquiry approach to teaching social studies as well as an emphasis on literacy. As a result, working on argument writing in social studies classrooms also integrates the expectations of the C3 Framework—specifically the emphasis on an inquiry approach to learning social studies and communicating conclusions as outlined in Dimension 4.  

Objectives :

As a result of participating in this Investigation, you will become familiar with  

• The CCSS argument writing standards and what argument writing involves in the context of social studies.
• The ways in which the C3 Framework supports argument writing.
• Key teaching practices that support students’ growth in writing social studies arguments.    

This investigation has three parts: Investigate , Create and Connect . Please be sure to do all three sections.

Investigate :

Common Activity One: An Overview of Teaching Argument Writing

Teaching argument writing is a process that plays out across a unit of instruction. It involves not just assigning writing, but engaging students in questioning and analysis, supporting their thinking and reading, and teaching writing explicitly. Teaching argument writing is not just something that happens at the end of a period; rather, it relies on an overall inquiry approach to teaching social studies combined with explicit instruction in literacy practices. Teaching argument writing requires sustained, systematic effort. The results are worth it.

This investigation will focus on 3 aspects of practice that support students’ growth as argument writers. Each aspect is accompanied with practical tools for putting these strategies into instructional practice.

• Set up students to “Do” history
• Help students analyze, sort and organize evidence
• Teach writing explicitly

Watch the Web seminar: Teaching Argument Writing in the Social Studies Classroom  (length: 1:08) presented by the author of this Investigation, Chauncey Monte-Sano, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Education.  

Videos included in the Web seminar:

• Reading Like a Historian: Focus Questions (Teaching Channel) 
• Reading Like a Historian: Philosophical Chairs (Teaching Channel) 
• Historical Detective Work (Teaching Channel)  

Access the Web seminar PowerPoint here .  

Use the "After Viewing the Web Seminar" reflection questions in Handout #1 to guide your team's shared conversation and reflections.

Common Activity Two: Getting Familiar with the Common Core and C3 Framework

Read Take a closer look at the Common Core standards for argument writing. The writing standards for history/social studies, science, and other technical subjects in grades 6-12 are on pages 63-66 of the CCSS. The writing standards for grades K-5 are on pages 18-21. The K-5 writing standards refer to argument writing as opinion writing. Kindergartners are asked to express an opinion, but at all other grade levels students are asked to support their opinion or claim. In grades 1-3, students support opinions with reasons, in grades 4-5 students support opinions with facts and details, and in grades 6-12 students support claims with evidence and reasoning. We’ll focus here on grades 6-12 (pages 63-66).

 Read Let’s take a closer look at the “Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence” benchmarks in Dimension 3 of the C3 Framework on pages 54-55. Then, look at the “Communicating Conclusions” benchmarks in Dimension 4 of the C3 Framework on pages 60-61. 

Reflect and Discuss:

Use the three sets of "Common Activity Two" reflection questions in Handout #1 to guide your team's shared conversation and reflections.

Common Activity Three: Your Students’ Argument Writing in Light of the Common Core & C3

One important way of working on writing is reflecting on student work and using that work to develop learning goals. We started by looking at “Student A’s” paper from the Rosa Parks investigation on the Historical Thinking Matters website  (see slides 2-4 from the Web seminar PowerPoint ). Now, collect your own students’ writing and analyze it.

Collect and Read

Take some time to gather some examples of your students’ writing (preferably their argument writing) and read through them. Compare your students’ writing to the CCSS standards and Dimensions 3 & 4 of the C3 Framework (pull these up in front of you as you look at student work). If you do not have student writing samples, look at a colleague’s or assign a brief writing task to your students. If that doesn’t work, take a look at the examples of argument writing in Appendix C of the Common Core (This is not ideal as most of these essays are not focused on social studies; however, it will give you practice in looking at student work and thinking about possible goals for students as well as how student writing might vary by grade level).

Use the "Common Activity Three" reflection questions in Handout #1 to guide your team's shared conversation and reflections.

For More Information/Additional Activities

Deeper Dive Activity 1: SET UP STUDENTS TO “DO” HISTORY. 

Set your students up to DO history. Go to websites to find a central question and document set that would set the stage for argument writing in your classroom. Students need an opportunity to make an argument; therefore it’s important to have a central question with multiple possible responses. Students need to develop their arguments based on evidence and need to cite evidence to support their claims; therefore, it’s important to provide document sets. Use the guidelines for creating or selecting central questions and document sets in Handout #4 . Go to the following sites to select a set of lesson materials or to create your own:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/

http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/beyond-the-textbook

http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh

http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/shared/units.php

http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/index.asp

Deeper Dive Activity 2: SORT & ORGANIZE EVIDENCE ACTIVITY. 

Learn more about facilitating discussion with particular strategies for discussion and using graphic organizers to help students sort through ideas. Read about Structured Academic Controversy  and Inquiry discussions  on the Teaching History Clearinghouse website. Notice the sample graphic organizers included in the materials (see links embedded) to help students organize and sort their thoughts. Choose one approach to discussion and a graphic organizer format to help students think through a central question and document set. Plan out a lesson that involves discussion and sorting through ideas using a graphic organizer with a colleague. Visit each other while teaching it and debrief what went well and what could be improved after you’ve taught the lesson. ( Access C3 Framework Lesson Templates here .)

Deeper Dive Activity 3: READ THE WRITING NEXT REPORT to the Carnegie Corporation by Steven Graham and Dolores Perin. Use the questions below to guide group conversations and reflections.  See "Activity 3: Read the Writing Next Report" section in Handout #1  for  reflection questions to discuss as a group. 

Create: A RUBRIC OR A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD INCLUDE IN THEIR ARGUMENT WRITING

(1) Talk to Your Colleagues Who Teach Writing:

Before you go further, work with colleagues at your school to clarify your goals for students’ argument writing. Talk to colleagues in the English department or other teachers who focus on writing at your school and find out what expectations they have for students’ argument writing and how they communicate those expectations to students. 

Use the "Create Activity: Talk to Your Colleagues" reflection questions in Handout #1 to guide your team's shared conversation and reflections.

(2) Read: One way teachers convey expectations is through rubrics. Read examples of content-neutral argument writing rubrics at the Reading and Writing Project created by Lucy Calkins. Within the “resources” section, go to “reading and writing performance assessments.” Then find a sample argument writing rubric—for example, see the “8th grade performance assessment rubric” within the 8th grade Fall folder. 

Then, read the brief article by Chauncey Monte-Sano, “ What makes a good history essay? ” in the November/December 2012 edition of Social Educatio n to gather ideas about argument writing that are content-specific.

Reflect and discuss: Use the "Create Activity: Read Examples" reflection questions in Handout #1 to guide your team's shared conversation and reflections.

(3) Explain and Create: Rubrics and graphic representations of text structure are tools that serve several purposes: they can convey your expectations for writing to students, they can help you assess student work, and they can provide feedback for students.

• Use Handout #2 to create a graphic representation of a text structure OR Handout #3 to create a rubric that you can use with your students to convey your expectations for argument writing.
• Try it out: Use what you create with students, reflect on the experience as a team, and revise it after testing it.  
• Create a blog post to share the item you created.  In the blog post describe the process you used for development of this tool and the context it's intended for (topic, grade-level, etc). Upload the tool as an attachment. Tag the post with the topic tag "C3 Argument Writing Tool." 

In this Investigation you had the opportunity to learn about

• The Common Core standards for argument writing
• The C3 Framework
• Teaching practices that support students’ argument writing

Now, spend some time thinking about your learning and start to develop some plans for action based upon the opportunities and context in your site.  Use the following questions to help you plan next steps (these are also found in  Handout #1 ):

What? What now are my priority learning goals for students’ argument writing? What now am I going to try to do in my classroom to support students’ argument writing?

So What? What have I learned that would help me work with other educators to (a) reflect upon students’ argument writing in social studies? (b) share and discuss strategies to support students’ argument writing in social studies?

Now What? What do I need to implement some of the teaching strategies to support students’ argument writing in my classroom? 

Consider the following support mechanisms needed from:

• Fellow teachers
• School administrators
• Parents and families
• Community members

Summarizing Blog

At the conclusion of your study of this Investigation, post a summarizing blog of the main ideas from your group conversations.  You might choose to follow the What?/So what?/Now what? format directly above, or an alternate format option is to share:

• Three lessons learned or key ideas that resonated with your group
• Two things you will try
• One question that your have

When creating your blog post, tag the post with the topic tag "Argument Writing Reflections." 

147 Social Studies Topics for Your Research Project

Social studies is an integrated research field. It includes a range of topics on social science and humanities, such as history, culture, geography, sociology, education, etc. A social studies essay might be assigned to any middle school, high school, or college student. It might seem like a daunting task, but perhaps the most challenging part of the job is choosing the best topic from the many research topics in social studies. Sure, you might have a specific topic assigned to you.

If you’re looking for social science research topics, you’re in the right place! Custom writing experts have prepared a fresh list of ideas! This article contains 147 social studies project topics on history, culture, politics, law, migration, and other fields.

New headings & sections:

• Social Study Areas => Social Science Topics & Research Areas
• Social Studies Topics on History => Social Studies Project Topics on History
• Other Social Studies Topics => Other Research Topics in Social Studies
• 🔝 Top 10 Topics

👨‍🎓 Social Study Areas

🎨 social studies topics on culture, 🏛️ social studies topics on politics & governance, 🏧 social studies topics on economics & consumption, 🏺 social studies topics on history, 💡 other social studies topics, 🔗 references, 🔝 top 10 social studies topics.

• Pros and cons of monarchy.
• Is voting a civic responsibility?
• Should democracy be everywhere?
• The causes of mass consumption.
• Globalization vs. Americanization.
• The elements of personal identity.
• What are the USA’s major resources?
• Do communication technologies impact politics?
• The importance of cultural diversity in the workplace
• How do religious institutions reinforce social stability?

Social studies can be represented by ten aspects described below:

• Culture. While working with social studies, you need to understand how culture shapes our society and affects our lives. It includes learning how people create, adapt to, and share their cultural diversity.
• People and the environment. This aspect helps students create their perception of the world and how human beings interact with their environment. It is achieved through learning about different locations, people, and resources that are there.
• Production and consumption. Here, it is all about studying how people manage the production and distribution of goods. Usually, this theme is represented by subjects connected with economics.
• Time. It is mostly related to history. Therefore, students get to know about the significant events and changes that influenced our present. In addition, they learn about the beliefs and values of our ancestors.
• Identity. This theme is vital because it allows learners to understand how personal identity develops. They find out how family, culture, and friends affect people’s actions and personal growth.
• Institutions and groups. There are multiple institutions created by people: families, colleges, governments, and religious organizations. This theme lets students understand how institutions are formed and maintained and what changes they bring.
• Authority and governments. One of the essential parts of social studies is the theme of authority. Thanks to it, students can understand how different forms of governance are created. It also includes analyzing the functions and purposes of political systems.
• Globalization. Learners are helped to discover the interconnections between societies and the issues they create on a global scale. Everything is interdependent nowadays, and the importance of global connections is rising.
• Civic ideas. Students need to understand civic ideas to be fully functioning independent members of society. This vital theme includes learning about citizen’s rights and responsibilities.
• Science and technology. This aspect is not only about the development of technology and scientific achievements. It is also about how society is connected to those processes. Moreover, students learn about their impacts on people.

If you are looking for social studies project topics on the culture, you might consider the following aspects.

Every social study project would focus on how cultural attributes, such as traditions, arts, literature, are created and shared. It is important to remember to highlight both differences and similarities while doing comparative research.

One of the features of culture is that it’s dynamic and continuously changing, which means it is correlated with the personal development and beliefs of citizens. Moreover, you can look into the influence of culture on different political and religious institutions.

All in all, the list of topics in social studies below is all about the interconnection between culture and society. If you’re not a fan of the listed options, you can at least take the keywords and use a generator of random topics to write about . This will give you a lot more variants to choose from.

• The principles of the multicultural policy of Australia : benefits. Australia is one of the countries that support cultural diversity. The government even created an official policy based on four principles to ensure that everybody has equal rights to participate in the community.
• Indonesian communities and ancestor worships. Practices connected to ancestor worship are based on the belief that the spirits of the dead have the powers to affect the destinies of the living.
• The domestic etiquette of modern Americans . All cultures have different etiquette – a set of rules that governs social behavior. Those norms are changing along with the culture, but can also be different depending on the social situation.
• Gender issues and women in Medieval society. In the Middle Ages, women were not allowed to receive education, had limited social rights, and had to obey their fathers’ and husbands’ will.
• Gender roles : how are boys and girls raised in American families? Gender roles enforce some specific standards and expectations of how men and women should behave. Study the socially appropriate gender roles in modern families.
• Taboos and emotions in modern society. Taboo is something prohibited from doing under the fear of punishment. Even though taboos are originally related to the sacred and spiritual practices, today, people are banned from expressing some emotions.
• How have hippies created the US? This research would focus on the ways the hippie movement made a change in the history of the country. Their cultural practices have influenced many aspects of our lives.

• Family values and religion. The family has always been considered the base of a happy American life. However, to what extent has religion affected the most common family values?
• Why does political correctness matter so much today? Political correctness means the ban on using some phrases that may be inappropriate. As a cultural phenomenon, it was created by college students in America in the 1980s.
• Is our future in social responsibility ? Social responsibility is a policy that encourages people to act for the benefit of their community and society as a whole. Could this approach help us build a better future?

One of the most important themes of social studies is about politics. When conducting science research related to this topic, you should possess a considerable amount of knowledge and experience in the issues described below.

Understanding the existing systems of governance means also knowing how political views and institutions were created. In the constantly changing world, the functions of authorities are dynamic as well.

However, you should not forget to include the relationship with citizens in this equation. Every member of society has needs, rights, and responsibilities, issues with which should also be addressed.

Here are some examples of social studies topics related to politics, which you may find useful:

• The American Whig party: a case study of the South. In the 19th century, the Whigs were one of two main political parties in the US. In this research, you could concentrate on analyzing the political tensions of this party in the South.
• Political parties and violence in the US. There are two major political parties nowadays. However, have you ever thought about why there are so much political violence and harsh competition between them?
• The change of the ideology of the Republican party after the Civil War. The Civil War has changed the perception of many people. It left a mark on the political views as well. Track the transformation of the Republican party’s ideology since then.
• Tory party and the British welfare under their rule. For the sake of some diversity, we have included a topic on the British political party as well. In this research, you would look into the social issues caused by the Tories.
• Is there a connection between anti-Americanism and anti-Semitic movement? Study the roots of anti-Americanism as a political view. Also, you can work on contrasting and comparing it to anti-Semitism.
• Student activism and the Black Power movement. This civil rights movement has been around for ages. For this research, you would need to study the Black Power’s topic and the student activism involved in it.
• The difficulties of the civil war in Sri Lanka. This island country has suffered the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict and the proceeding civil war. Your task would be to look into the complexities of this conflict.
• The power of Congress over presidential elections. It is one of the social science topics that requires gathering a lot of materials. You would have to analyze the Constitution and find the related cases in history.
• Voting technology: what can the law do against election fraud? Bribery and other corrupt practices in relation to the election process is not anything new. However, how can the law make a change?
• The most prominent political machines of the last decade. This paper would be interesting for students you prefer analyzing and comparing. You would need to gather information on the most prominent political machines in the US.
• A discussion of judicial independence
• Political culture in the U.S.
• A comparison of the models of democracy
• A comparison of electoral systems
• Authoritarianism vs. totalitarianism

Research topics in social studies on economics would always be related to the theme of production and consumption. You would have to understand how people manage to produce and sell goods and services worldwide.

There are multiple issues in the global economics that you, as a student, could address in your argumentative paper. It includes the unequal distribution of goods along with the growing demand.

You might as well find it interesting to research how the production of specific goods is organized and the role of technology in that process. It is also essential to look into how governments cope with market failures and how they improve the well-being of the economies.

• The flaws of the economic democracy system: a case study. Pick and analyze the issues that this socioeconomic system might have. It would be better if you add real-life cases to the analysis.
• Morality and global capitalism. Your task would be to analyze the five features of global capitalism and determine how it can be socially acceptable. Look through every moral issue that arises.
• The bankruptcy of the middle class in the US. This research focuses on the root causes, as well as consequences, of so many cases of bankruptcy among American middle-class families.
• Can we foresee the future of the European Monetary System? Ever since 1979, the Euro has been serving its purpose. However, this paper would highlight the economic factors that can lead to disruptions in this system.
• Wall Street: did we learn from the 2008 crash ? The year of 2008 punched many Americans, leaving their wealth reduced noticeably. But did we learn from past mistakes? Can we prevent the crisis from happening again?
• Understanding stock markets : profitable investments. To make a profitable investment, you need to know everything about the industry sector and stock market cycles. Compile the tips and tricks that can make it work.
• How has the Silk Road influenced the current global economy? Connecting East and West, those trade routes existed for centuries. For this cool research, you would need to analyze the current economic situation and find the features that exist thanks to the Silk Road.
• Coffee beans and fair trade. Selling coffee beans internationally, some communities and families depend on this business. However, how fair is this fair trade market? Who looks after social justice?
• Pros and cons of dollarization: a case study. Currency substitution or dollarization can’t solve the economic crisis. Study some cases of this process in different countries and analyze the benefits and problems of it.
• How to predict the exchange rate behavior? In this research, you would need to study the sources of changes in the exchange rates. You might as well look into the tools that might help predict the behavior of the rates.

• Provide real-life examples of how you or someone else plans their studies, controls pocket money, or organizes their working day.
• How organizations foster social and civic responsibility
• Crisis management post-9/11
• The growth of management in developing countries
• Conflict management in virtual and global teams
• An analysis of the benefits vs. cost of attaining a post-secondary education
• Wealth distribution and the availability of resources
• An examination of the trickle-down effect in today’s society
• Is the financial crisis of 2008 really over?
• How advertisements can create a sense of separation and association with the feminine identity
• The role of censorship in advertising
• The image of perfection in advertising
• Gender roles in advertising
• Rhetorical analysis of various marketing campaigns . How global corporations influence people’s decisions?
• Transnational organizations analytics. Determining the most appropriate and effective marketing strategies
• Advertisement analysis . The significance of the assessment in a rhetorical essay.
• Marketing reports. Explain the primary objectives of the document. When writing business or marketing essays, it is crucial to include analysis of particular examples.
• The importance of an analytical paragraph in a business essay. How does it help to define specific company’s strengths and weaknesses?
• Unethical advertising examples. What must be avoided when developing another strategy?
• Is it always worth it to spend immense amounts of money on risky advertising campaigns?
• Will the most common advertising methods work for every kind of a product?
• What issues must be considered when organizing an ad campaign?
• Positive and negative effects of advertising .

In the list of social science essay topics, there should always be at least a few questions dedicated to history. Unless we know our past, we can’t possibly understand human nature.

For high school students, it is necessary to learn about the changes and different experiences in society. The way that values, traditions, and rules have been changing shapes our current development.

While looking for interesting social studies topics in this field, consider analyzing the root causes and consequences of different changes. Look into the ways how our social system has been developing, and you would find something exciting, for sure!

• What was the social meaning of corsets in the 20th century? Corsets are the part of the outfit that was designed to shape or modify the figure. By the 20th century, it has somewhat shaped the culture as well.
• Demystifying the stereotypes about 19th-century women in the US. There was war, and there were changes. How did the life a woman look like back then? Find the most common misunderstandings about it and conduct a historical analysis.
• African American: the historical study of social factors affecting crime. For this research, you could look into the cultural and social aspects that have influenced the response of African Americans to crimes and injustice.
• The changes in the lives of average American citizens in the 1930s. Urbanization and technological development shook the world in those years. Find out how Americans were adjusting to their new lives.
• How the environment shapes the perspective: the baby boomers ? In the example of the baby boomers’ generation, study the effects of the social and cultural aspects on identity and personal values.
• The process of development of Italian fashion and the US. You would be studying the historical facts in support of the idea that the US played an essential role in the Italian fashion industry development.
• Generation X and global leaders. This topic focuses on the most prominent world leaders in different areas. Your task would be to find the connection between the personal specifics of generation X and global leaders.
• Women in the Victorian Age and domestic rules. Conduct research on the ideology of Victorian women. What social challenges connected to industrialization were they forced to face?
• Servants in the American houses in the middle of the 20th century. In the 1920s, women started quitting their housewives’ chores and hiring servants to do them instead. You would look into the social sources of such a change in the domestic life of that time.
• What is the connection between social change and the American schooling system? Look into the development of the educational institutions in the US over a chosen period. Find out what social factors have affected the process.
• Civil disorders
• Political terrorism
• Non-political terrorism
• Limited political terrorism
• Expand on the problem of democracy and domestic terrorism
• A study of terrorist groups
• State-sponsored terrorism
• The tactics of terrorism
• The history of terrorism
• The causes of terrorism
• Responses to terrorism and counter-terrorism global policy
• For more topics ideas, check out Research Guide for Students .
• How enlistment in the U.S. Army works
• The top five army bases
• Customs and courtesies in the military
• The history of Memorial Day
• The threat of homelessness for veterans
• Turkic migration
• Mongol invasions
• Great migration of the 1630s
• Great migration of African Americans
• Government regulations
• Socially irresponsible corporations
• Antitrust provision
• International business law and legal regulations for international corporations and companies
• Business law in the Islamic world and how it differs from that of other countries

Criminology

• Crime prevention
• Juvenile delinquency
• Victimology
• Deviant behavior

When you write an essay on justice, you have a great opportunity to present your opinion on the subject. Here are some potential topics:

• Justice: A Myth or Reality?
• Tell about today’s idea of justice. What do people do to establish justice in the world?
• Give your reasons why absolute justice is impossible.
• How justice is portrayed in Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
• Discuss the Heaven Justice

Gender Studies

• Women and the Taliban
• Chinese women as seen through the Chinese culture
• Women and Confucian cultures in Korea
• Witch hunts in the Western world
• The influence of feminism on men
• The challenge of feminist biblical interpretation
• Gender identity and the particulars of word-of-mouth communication
• How leadership styles differ based on gender
• Women empowerment
• Why do women think that their rights are neglected in free countries?
• Gender inequality: are men more likely to receive well-paid jobs than women with precisely same characteristics?
• Are men considered to be better employees than women ?
• Can feminists persuade the government to make changes in the law beneficial for them?
• Gender discrimination in everyday life
• The purpose of feminist demonstrations
• Are people concerned about the problem of gender inequality in their everyday lives?
• Where are the human rights of women neglected and why?
• Causes of gender inequality
• Is the factor of overall equality necessary for the development of the world or not?
• What are the most popular examples of equality among citizens of one country?

• Gender stratification definition. Where can it be observed in the modern society?
• What can be changed because of mass feminism?
• Gender stereotypes . Is everything that we hear about discrimination right?
• What is gender stratification?
• Are females discriminated in the modern society, or this issue is fabricated?
• Gender roles in the workplace
• Factors contributing to gender inequality.
• Disadvantages of gender equality
• Gender equality theory
• Gender imbalance definition. What is the origin of the term and where it is used?
• Gender superiority. Is it true that males were always dominant figures in the history?
• History of gender discrimination . Was this societal rule present in the prehistoric times, and when it was introduced?
• Gender disparity definition. What is the origin of the term and where it is used today?

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