Multi-Genre Research Project: Topics
Note: This list is merely for inspiration. You are not restricted to the topics listed here. If you have a topic that
you want to do, then feel free to do it, so long as you get approval on your proposal.
Historical Events
Hiroshima
Alamo
Desert Storm
Racism
Discovery of Penicillin
Roaring 20s
Apollo 13
Exxon Valdez
Salem Witch Trials
Atomic Bomb
Great Depression
San Francisco Earthquake
Battle of Gettysburg
Hindenburg
September 11, 2001
Battle of Midway
Holocaust
Slavery
Berlin Wall
Hurricane Katrina
Space Shuttle
Blizzard of 1938
Blizzard of 1978
Integration
Titanic
Irish Potato Famine
Trojan War
Civil Rights Movement
Immigration
Underground Railroad
Cold War
The Manhattan Project
U.S.S. Arizona
D-Day
Oklahoma City Bombing
Watergate
Women’s Suffrage
Polio Vaccine
Pearl Harbor
Invasion of Tibet
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Apartheid
Newsies’ Strike
Woodstock
Historical Figures
Anastasia
Thomas Jefferson
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Richard Byrd
Golda Meir
Brunelleschi
Joan of Arc
Machiavelli
Cleopatra
Alexander the Great
Julius Cesar
Sir John Hawkwood
Copernicus
Nathan Hale
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Issac Newton
Princess Diana
Marie Antoinette
Harry Houdini
Richard Nixon
Amelia Earhart
Helen Keller
Annie Oakley
Thomas Edison
John F. Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Albert Einstein
Sacagawea
Mother Teresa
Queen Elizabeth
Henry Ford
Genghis Kahn
Harriet Tubman
King Frances I
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ben Franklin
Charles Whitman
Galileo
Wright Brothers
Gandi
Musicians
ABBA
Paula Abdul
David Helfgott
Mozart
Clay Aiken
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Steve Nicks
Jim Morrison
Billy Idol
Louis Armstrong
Faith Hill
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
Queen
David Bowie
Journey
Beethoven
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
Jackson 5
Tupab Shakur
Garth Brooks
Jewel
Simon & Garfunkle
Mariah Carey
Billy Joel
Jessica Simpson
Harry Chapin
Elton John
Frank Sinatra
Green Day
Stone Temple Pilots
Lady Gaga
Sean Combs
John Lennon
Lynyrd Skynrd
Miles Davis
Liberace
Spice Girls
Madonna
Tina Turner
Ike Turner
Gorillaz
Oasis
Coldplay
Damon Albarn
Jerry Garcia
Bob Marley
Steven Tyler
Dave Matthews
U2
Amy Grant
Bette Midler
Von Trapp Family
Artists
Sam Butcher
Mary Cassatt
Filippo Lippi
Frida
Rafaello
Salvador Dali
Manet
Norman Rockwell
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Titian
Claude Monet
Vincent van Gogh
Walt Disney
Photographers
Anne Geddes
Ansel Adams
William Wegmen
Directors
Ron Howard
George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Clint Eastwood
James Cameron
Francis Ford Copella
Sports
Football
Basketball
Baseball
Soccer
Tennis
Lacrosse
Fencing
Skateboarding
Bowling
Hank Aaron
Tenley Albright
Joe DiMaggio
Muhammed Ali
Marcus Allen
American Cheerleading
America’s Cup
Fred Bear
FIFA
Larry Bird
Tim Tebow
Roger Clemens
John Elway
John Madden
Brett Favre
Fenway Park
Wayne Gretsky
Scott Hamilton
Magic Johnson
Jackie Robinson
Michael Jordan
Gabbi Reece
Nancy Kerrigan
Mary Lou Retton
Michele Kwan
Dennis Rodman
Babe Ruth
Vince Lombardi
Mickey Mantle
Dan Marino
Kelly Slater
Masters Tournament
Olympic Games
Williams Sisters
Tiger Woods
Television
Rug Rats
Saturday Night Live
Magic School Bus
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Sesame Street
Reading Rainbow
Price Is Right
Winnie the Pooh
As the World Turns
All My Children
The Young and the Restless
Lost
Star Trek
Dr. Who
Survivor
Scrubs
The Brady Bunch
The Electric Company
Family Guy
The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart
Full House
The Muppet Show
Looney Tunes
Scooby Doo
America’s Next Top Model
Top Chef
Project Runway
Charlie Brown
Actors
Judy Garland
Fred Astaire
Adam Sandler
Lucille Ball
Audrey Hepburn
Jimmy Stewart
Orlando Bloom
Gene Kelly
Shirley Temple
Marlon Brando
Gene Hackman
Jerry Lewis
Charlize Theron
Bill Cosby
Marilyn Monroe
John Travolta
Tom Cruise
Charlie Chaplin
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mary Tyler Moore
John Waybe
Clint Eastwood
James Dean
Rosie O’Donnel
Reese Witherspoon
Chris Farley
Oprah
Michael J. Fox
Ginger Rogers
Writers
Louisa May Alcott
Emily Dickinson
Dr. Seuss
Maya Angelou
Shakespeare
Bocaccio
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lewis Carroll
Gary Paulsen
Robert Frost
Jack Spicer
Health
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Cancer
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Spinal cord injuries
Topics of Interest
Columbine High School
Iraq War
Bill Gates
Flight 800
Chocolate
Disney
Anime
Jim Henson
Bob Barker
Legos
Jane Goodall
Mardi Gras
Child Abuse
Mary Kay
Egypt
Harley Davidson
Fashion
Motocross
Comic Books
Hershey
Tattoos
Broadway
American Indians
UFOs
Poverty
Rape
Abortion
Adoption
Internet
Jeeps
Hummers
Witchcraft
Mt. Rushmore
Cooking
Baking
Alcoholism
Barnum and Bailey
Cloning
Anorexia
Neil Armstrong
Botany
Astronomy
Barbie
Animals
Class of Fall 2010
Oprah
Columbine
Holocaust
World War II
Vietnam War
Pearl Harbor
September 11
Walt Disney
Disney World
Lacrosse
Michael Jordan
Tiger Woods
Lady Gaga
Abortion
John F. Kennedy
Dr. Dre
Bill Gates
History of Aviation
Astronomy
Shoes
Sunglasses
Audrey Hepburn
History of Halloween
Lil’ Wayne
Richard Kirkland
Supernatural
Tattoos
BMW
Titanic
Woodstock
Iwo Jima
Anne Geddes
Chevrolet Corvair
Bob Marley
Anime
Fencing
D-Day
Juicy Couture
Barbie
Coco Chanel
Poverty
History of the Drum
Autism
Cedar Point
Maccu Picchu
Motocross
Ancient Cultures
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Tennis
Tupac Shakur
Winston Churchill
Fidel Castro
Slipknot
Michael Jackson
Skateboarding
Dr. Who
Japanese Culture
Video Games
History of the Trumpet
Leonardo da Vinci
Carlos Slim Helu
Zidane