Term+Paper+Topic+List

This is a not at all comprehensive list of topics that students have tackled in the past, you might be interested in something here or you might use this to come up with your own topic. The most important thing in picking a topic is to find something that you are curious about and that will keep you interested. Believe me, few things are worse than having to write a paper on something that you have no interest in. Pick wisely, do some research first to make sure that you can find enough information out there to get enough sources.

A great list of topics to get your juices flowing is found here: fresno

Cultural Revolution or Mao Zedong Hong Kong or Taiwan’s relationship with the PRC Education in China during the modern era Chinese Communist propaganda Women in China or Japan during the modern era or their changing roles, Geisha, bound feet, changes over time The Rape of Nanking Meiji Restoration, technology in Japan, Japanese rejection of nature/natural Japan reinventing itself after WWII China Economy “To get rich is glorious” Impact of the French on "French Indochina" today, the rise of Ho Chi Minh, The movement to socialism, independence movements in Southeast Asia North Korea during the modern era, Kim Jung Il, Kim Il Jung, N/S Korean relations Creation of Israel, Yom Kippur War, Six Day War, Balfour Declaration, etc Fall of Ottoman Empire, Young Turks, Armenian Genocide, Iranian Revolution, nuclear proliferation Women in Saudi Arabia (or other Muslim country) during the modern era PLO, Arab League, Islamic Nationalism Muslim art (Geometry) Arafat, Nasser, or Herzel Sharia during the modern era, issues with technology, modernity, women, FGM, etc Oil crisis Issues of Fundamentalism, Jihad
 * Asia **
 * Middle East **

The Raj ends Sepoy Mutiny The Partition –Hindu Muslim relations- Kashmir Gandhi, Nehru, or Mohammed Ali Jinnah Caste System Arts of region (painting, dance, architecture, technology) Monsoon, Environmental/Population issues of region (Bhopal) during the modern era
 * India/Pakistan **

Independence movements throughout Africa Issues of women, education, urbanization, etc during the modern era Kenyatta, Mandela, Biko, other significant African leaders of the modern era The Great Trek HIV/AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa African impact on Western music, arts West African Indigenous Religions East/North African Muslim Populations End of Apartheid Environmental and/or Population Issues of Africa Nicholas II and Alexandra, Rasputin, the children of the last Romanoffs Russo-Japanese war, final gasp of Absolutism vs Industrialization Gulags, Stalinism, Leninism, 5/10yr plans, Communism/Totalitarianism Soviet Space program, Propaganda, Soviet sports programs Perestroika Collapse of Eastern Europe East Germany Cold War (KGB other related issues) Chinese-Soviet relations Khrushchev Chernobyl, Aral Sea, environmental disasters in region Eastern Orthodox Church
 * Africa **
 * Russia **

Arts (any country in region) during the modern era Diego Rivera, muralists Nationalism (any country in region) during the modern era Life in Cuba during the modern era Rainforest/deforestation issues-Population and Environmental issues of region Drug Wars, but not focusing on US or legalization... Issues of industrialization, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization, demilitarization, technology, and/or revolutions impact on somewhere in E during the modern era Communism, Fascism, Totalitarianism, Democracy, Women’s Movement, and/or Immigration’s impact on somewhere in E during the modern era Globalization, Muslimization, changes in social, political, and or economic issues. Weimar Germany or Berlin Wall Hungarian Revolution, Revolutions of 1848, League of Nations, Establishment of EU Fall of British Empire End of Monarchies in Europe IRA Northern Ireland, Irish Nationalism Holocaust, treatment of homosexuals, Jews, Communists, Roma/Stini during that time Islam in Europe today This list is just to get your juices flowing; it is not comprehensive in any way, just a random jumping off place for you to get started… Please pick a topic that interests you. If nothing on Earth interests you…well, that is sort of sad, find something!
 * Latin America **
 * Europe **

Write down 5 topics that interest you from this list.
 * Step 1**

Most of these topics are actually too large for this assignment. Many have hundreds of books written about them, each hundreds of pages. Think about a part of a topic, like "the last days of the Romanoff family" or "the end of the Holocaust." You can not do a biography paper, (the life of ______) but focusing on "the impact of Otto Von Bismark on Germany" or "Nelson Mandela's fight for equality in South Africa" would be acceptable.
 * Step 2**

What would be the focus of the paper? Start out with a few bullet points per topic that could become a thesis sentence. Don't worry about the wording of a specific sentence, just figure out what parts of the topic interest you.
 * Step 3**