Term Paper Topic Ideas

 

Take a look at the list of topics in the Opposing Viewpoints database.  There are some great ideas there, too!


THE LEGAL SYSTEM / GOVERNMENT

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Abortion

Abortion and parental consent

Affirmative action

Agricultural Subsidies

Aid to Africa

American foreign policy

America's defense

Benefits for illegal immigrants

Blue Laws

Breakup Of The Soviet Union

Campaign finance

Capital punishment

Child labor

Civil unions/gay marriage

Copyright and the Internet

Drug approval and the FDA

Drug Testing in the Workplace

DUI laws

Election Reform

English - Should it be America's Official Language?

FEMA's Hurricane Katrina response

Flat Rate Income Tax

Food Safety and the FDA

Gun control laws

Immigration

Legalization of marijuana

Motorcycle Helmets - Mandatory?

Parole

Patriot Act

Plea-bargaining

Police profiling

Political Ethics

Prosecuting the criminally insane

Prosecution of minors

Same sex partners' adoption

School Prayer

Sex offender notification

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Social Security Reform

Statute of limitations

Tax Reform

Temporary insanity plea

Term limits

Toll Roads

Universal health care

War on terrorism

SPORTS

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Athletes as Role Models

Fining professional athletes

NBA age limits

NBA players' dress code

Paying college athletes / recruiting regulations

Professional athletes' salaries

Prosecution of professional athletes

Sports - Lifelong Benefits?

Sports equipment regulations

Steroid testing

Title IX

Use of performance-enhancing drugs

Women's Athletics

SCIENCE & HEALTH

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ADHD and Television Watching: A Cause?

AIDS Cloning

Alternative fuels

Alternative medicine

Anorexia

Biomedical Ethics

Bulimia

Clearcutting

Endangered oceans

Endangered species

Environment, The

Food safety

Funding for space exploration

Genetic engineering  

Global resources

Global warming

Nuclear power : promise or peril?

Oil drilling in Alaska

Organ Transplants & donation

Paranormal phenomena

Pollution  

Power - Wind, Solar, etc. - Feasible? Desirable?

Stem cell research

Tobacco and smoking

Vaccinations for babies

Water  

 

 

 

 

ANIMALS

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Animal rights

Animal testing

Animals used for sport & entertainment

Circuses

Dog breeding standards

Hunting Exotic pet industry

Meat production conditions

PETA

Zoos

EDUCATION

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AP courses

Arts in Education

College Education - is it worth the cost?

Education Funding

Home schooling Tracking system in public schools

Mandatory physical education

Military recruitment on college campuses

NC lottery for education budget shortfall

No Child Left Behind Act

Public vs. private schools

Same sex education

SAT II

School uniforms

School Vouchers

Year-round school

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC

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Adoption records access

Advertising alcohol

America's prisons

Beauty contests

Business Ethics

Capitalism

Cashless society

CD burning from the Internet

Cell phone usage

Censorship  

Changing Demographics in US: Rural to Urban, Ethnicity, etc.

Chemical dependency

Child abuse

Civil liberties

Cold War, The

Communism     

Confederate flag

Crimes against the elderly

Criminal justice

Date Rape

Downtowns vs. Malls

Drinking age

Driving Age

Drunk Driving

Economics in America

Effects of TV on children

Environmental Crisis, The

Euthanasia

Extremist groups

Fast food

Feminism

Flexible Work Schedules

Gambling casinos

Gangs

Gangs and other Youth Crime

Garbage and recycling

Health care in America

Health Insurance

Highway Safety

Hollywood's Values

Homeless

Honor System, The

Hunger in America

Internationalism

Islam    

Isolationism

Israel  

Job Market

Jobs

Labor Unions

Literacy

Male/female roles

Medication for teens

Metric Measurements

Middle East, The

Outsourcing Computer Help Jobs to India

Political Correctness

Poverty  

Prisoners' Rights

Racial Discrimination

Racism

Reforming the Legal System

Road Rage

School Violence

Sexual values

Slavery : where does it still exist and why  

Teen curfew

Tourism

Video Poker

Violence against women

Violence in America

Wal-Mart and other big-box stores

Welfare Reform

Work Ethic

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