Research Ideas

School Issues

Columbine HIgh School
School Uniforms
Balanced/Year Round Calendar
Models of Learning 
     (Traditional, PBL, Flipped)
Abstinence Program
Paying HS/College Athletes
Bullying Laws
Digital Citizenship
Cyber Bullying
Grading Systems
Standardized Testing
Regulation of School Lunches
Single Sex Schools
Making Up Snow Days
Parent Behavior at Events
Mixed Sex Sports
Post Graduation Options
Religion in Public Schools
School Choice
Searching Lockers/Technology
Internet Filters
Funding for College
Impact of Campus Life
School Convocations
Cursive Instruction
Homeschooling
College and Career Readiness
Tech & Spelling/Grammar
Drug TestingeReaders vs Print
Schools responsibility in  
    bullying outside of school 
    hours
Required Community Service 
     to graduate
What courses should be 
     required 

Teen Issues

Curfews by Parents & Law
Driver license laws for teens
Parents punished for Child
Monitoring Technology by   
     School and/or Parents
Teen Pregnancy
Teen Marriage
Too much parental protection
Voting Age Lowered for Teens
Foster Children

Business/Founders

Bill Gates & Microsoft
Steve Jobs & Apple
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Harley Davidson
Barbie
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Walt Disney
Legos
Charles Schultz & Peanuts
Billy Graham
Jim Henson & Sesame Street
Jim Davis & Garfield
Milton Hershey & Chocolate
Henry Ford & Mass Production

Social Issues

Abortion
Adoption
Child Abuse
Divorce
Violence in Video Games
Poverty
Fuel Efficiency Vehicles
Rape
Animal Rights
Carrying Handguns
Cell Phone Ettiquette
Child Soldiers
Minimum Wage
Definition of Marriage
GLBTQ Issues
Illegal Citizens
Legalization of Marijuana
Privacy and Wire Tapping
Privacy and Medicine
Punishment for Drugs
Bioethics
Sexting
Abusive Relationships
Drug Testing for Welfare
Public Asstance
Human Trafficking

Health Issues

Alcoholism
Anorexia
ADD/ADHD
Autism
Cloning
Dyslexia
Multiple Births
Cancer
Injuries in Sports
Nutrition
Immunization
Obesity
Health Care
Smoking Bans
Alternative Medicines
Body Image
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Munchausen by Proxy
HPV
Towns responsibility for health

Misc.

Fashion Industry
Broadway
Child Stars
Reality TV
Body Art/Modification
Music Genres
Witchcraft
Supernatural
Reality of Dystopia
Advertising
Security in Public Places
Beauty Contests
Fast Food Industry
Organic Farming
Military Compensation
Stay At Home/Working Moms
Child Care
Limitations of Paparazzi
Spanking Children
Comparison of Generations
Charity Giving
Credit Cards
Tobacco Industry
Inmate-Too Many Opportunities 
eMarketing & Track Searches
Distracted Driving
Ratings on Movies, Music,  
          Games
Exotic Animals as Pets

Disasters

79 A.D - Pompeii Volcano 
1849 - Irish Potato Famine
1871 - Great Chicago Fire 
1881 - Thumb Fire
1888 - Great Blizzard of 1888
1900 - Galveston & the Great Storm
1906 - San Francisco Earthquake
1910 - Washington Avalanche
1913 - Great Lakes Storms
1918 - Spanish Flu Pandemic
1944 - Hartford Circus Fire
1952 - Polio Outbreak
1978 - Blizzard of 1978
1985 - Colombia Volcano
1989 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
1993 - Mississippi Flood
2004 - Indiana Ocean Tsunami
2010 - Haiti Earthquake
2011 - Japan Earthquake

Wars

Civil War
Cold War
Desert Storm
Korean Conflict
Revolutionary War
Trojan War
Vietnam War
War of 1812
Iraq War
War on Terrorisn
French and Indian War

Events

Concentration Camps
Japanese-American Internment
Women's Suffrage - Right to Vote
California Gold Rush
Lincoln Assassination
Kennedy Assassination
Great Depression
Oregon Trail
Holocaust
Bombing at Pearl Harbor
Underground Railroad
Hiroshima (Atomic Bomb)
Alamo
Civil Rights Movement
Salem Witch Trials
Orphan Train
Declaration of Independence
Watergate
Apollo 11
Boston Tea Party
Wounded Knee Masacre
Lusitania Sinking
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Trail of Tears
Black Regiment in Civil War

Historical Figures

Neil Armstrong
Jane Goodall
Mother Theresa
Joan of Arc
Richard Byrd
Cleopatra 
King Tut
Princess Diana
Thomas Edison
Amelia Earhart
Albert Einstein
Queen Elizabeth
Mahatma Gandhi
Ben Franklin
Harry Houdini
Nathan Hale
Thomas Jefferson
Helen Keller
The Kennedy's
Abe Lincoln
Charles Lindbergh
Martin Luther King Jr.
Golda Meir
Louis Braille
Presidents
Isaac Newton
Annie Oakley
Sacajawea
Harriet Tubman
Levi Coffin
Wright Brothers

Other Historical

Colonial Life
Pony Express
Transcontinental Rairoad
Statue of Liberty
Discovery of Penicillin
Slavery
Berlin Wall
Ellis Island
Newsies
The Manhattan Project
Smallpox
LA Riots
Wild West
Ford Motor Company 
Panama Canal
Girl Scouts of America
Titanic Sinking
Challenger Explosion
9/11
Hindenburg Disaster