POSSIBLE TOPICS for Expository or Persuasive Speeches (bold = controversial, possibly offensive)
Acupuncture
Adoption
Advertising
Africa
Aging
Air Pollution
Air Traffic Control
Airlines
Alcoholism
Allergy
Alternative Medicine
American Flag
American Indian
Amnesia
Animal Experimentation
Anorexia Nervosa
Architecture
Artists
Aspirin
Asthma
Astrology
Astronomy
Automobile; building one
Automobile; history
Automobile; safety equipment
Awards, Academy, Tony, Emmy
Babysitting
Batteries
Bees
Bermuda Triangle
Best Vacation Spot
Bicycling
Bird Migration
Birth Defects
Books
Botany
Brain
Bridge Building
Broadcasting
Bull Fighting
Caffeine
Cancer
Capital Punishment
Kidnapping
Lakes and Rivers
Law
Living Wills
Lock Ness Monster
Lung Disease
Magic
Charity
Cheese
Child Abuse
China
Chocolate
Civil Rights
Cloning
Clothing
Communism
Computer Viruses
Computers
Consumer Protection
Contamination
Copyright Laws
Cotton; history
Counterfeiting and Forgery
Country vs City
Crib Death, SIDS
Crime Protection
Cults
Dance
Death
Denmark
Depression
Diabetes
Diet
Diseases
Divorce
Dreams
Dropouts
Drug Abuse
Drugs, legal but dangerous
Drugs in Sports, Steroids
Earthquakes
Ecology
Education
Emergencies
Endangered Species
Energy
Environmental Protection
Agency
Epilepsy
Euthanasia
Exercise; importance of
Railroads
Raisins
Recycling
Reincarnation and immortality
Religion, the Pope
Rock Music Censorship
Fasting, history of
FBI
Fingerprinting
Fishing
Floods
Football
Foreign Relations
Funerals
Gambling
Gender
Generation Gap
Genetic Engineering
Glass
Government
Gravity; what / how works
Great Lakes
Guilt
Gun Control
Gymnastics
Halloween; origin of
Handicapped persons
Hazardous Jobs
Hazardous Toys
Headaches
Health Care
Heart Disease; transplants
Hockey
Homelessness
Hospitals
Humor
Hunger; world
Hunting
Hyperactive Children
Hypnotism
Icebergs
Indians
Inflation
Insanity Defense
Juvenile Delinquency
Kangaroos
Vanishing Forests; Amazon
Violence in Schools
Violence in Sports
Violence in Television
Vitamins
Walking; the fitness craze
Water Pollution
Weapons
Weather
Welfare & Unemployment
Mass Transit
Materialism
Memory
Meningitis
Mental health
Mental illness
Mental institution improvements
Mental retardation / Cognitive Disabilities
Mexican Americans, civil rights
Military
Minimum wage
Miracles
Money
Multiple Sclerosis
Musical Instruments
Noise Pollution
Norway
Nuclear Energy
Nutrition
Oceanography
Oil Spills
Olympics
Organized crime
Out-of-body Experiences
Ozone Depletion
Parenting
Patriotism
Peanuts
Pearl Harbor
Pet Overpopulation
Photography
Pickles
Poisoning
Police
Pollution
Population problems
Poverty
Prison reform
Protection of Crops w/out Insecticides
Pulitzer prices, origin, definition
Ratial discrimination
Racing; auto,dog, horse
Radio; history, influences of
Runaways
Safety
School censorship
Schools
Secret Service
Security, Home
Sharks
Shoes; how made
Skin, diseases of, grafting
Slavery
Sleep
Smoking
Soap Operas
Social Security
Social Values
Social Work
Socialism
Soft Drinks; how made
Solar Energy
Space Exploration
Sports; overemphasis
Stamps
State lottery
Stock Exchange, Market
Sugar
Suicide
Superstition
Supreme Court
Sweden
Switzerland
Taj Mahal
Tay Sachs Disease
Teenage Gangs
UFOs
Telepathy
Telephones
Television Censorship
Tobacco
Toxic Waste Disposal
Tracing Genealogy
Transplants; human
Trees
United Nations
White Collar Crime
White Collar Jobs
Wildlife
Women’s Rights
World Trade
9/11