Research Paper Topic List
Review the list of potential research paper topics and select 5 possible topics that you
would like to research for your paper. Remember that you can come up with your own
topic for research, but you must clear it with me first!
A number of these topics are considered “controversial”, so it is possible for two students
to research the same topic, but from different sides of the issue. Additionally, many, if
not all, of these topics will need a more narrow focus and, of course, a thesis statement
(states what you will be proving in relation to your topic). Remember that a research
paper is not simply a regurgitation of factual information on a broad topic; instead, a
research paper develops a writer’s specific perspective on a topic and provides factual
evidence in support of that perspective in a logical order and structure.
ADD/ADHD
Adoption
Advertising
Affirmative Action
AIDS
Air Pollution
Alcohol Abuse
Animal Rights
Animal Testing
Anxiety Disorders
Autism
Body Image
Capital Punishment
Censorship
Child Abuse
Cosmetic Surgery
Cults
Cyber Bullying
Divorce
Drug Abuse
Eating Disorders
Endangered Species
Food Safety
Gambling
Global Warming
Home Schooling
Homelessness in America
Identity Theft
Land Pollution
Medical Marijuana
Obesity
Organic Movement
Ozone Depletion
PEDs / Steroids
Poverty in America
Recycling
Renewable & Alternative Energy Sources
School Bullying
School Uniforms
Smoking
Stem Cell Research
Vaccines
Veterans in America
Water Pollution
Please list your FIVE potential research paper topics below (in order of preference):
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