Research Paper Topics: Ideas to Get You Going

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Music
- Discuss and examine the effects of a famous musician on pop music.
- How has pop music progressed over the past decade?
- How has the depiction of women in music changed in the media over the past decade?
- How does a synthesizer work?
- How has music evolved to feature different instruments/voices?
- How has sound effect technology changed the music industry?
- Analyze the benefits of music education in high schools.
Education
- Analyze the benefits of diversity in education.
- Are charter schools useful for the national education system?
- Track the rising price of universities and show its effect on current students.
- Discuss the pros and cons of standardized testing.
- What are the benefits of a gap year between high school and college?
- What funding allocations give the most benefit to students?
- Does homeschooling set students up for success?
- Should universities / high schools require students to be vaccinated?
Government
- Are rehabilitation centers more effective than prisons?
- Are congestion taxes useful?
- Discuss the differences between Trump’s immigration policies and Biden’s immigration policies.
- Does affirmative action help minorities?
- Can a capitalist system effectively reduce inequality?
- Is a three-branch government system effective?
- What caused polarization in today’s politics?
History
- Choose a historical invention. Discuss its impact on society today.
- Choose a historical leader who lost power. What led to their eventual downfall?
- How has your nation evolved over the past century?
- Has the government’s response to national disasters improved or declined over time?
- Amine the history of the American occupation of Iraq.
- Discuss the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Healthcare
- What are the sensible limits on abortion?
- How does an MRI work?
- Analyze the impacts of medical marijuana use on:
- Elderly populations
- Health
- The education system
- State tax bases
- How do anti-vaxxers impact the health of the country?
- Examine the costs and benefits of diet culture.
- Ought companies allow employees to exercise on company time?
- What is an acceptable amount of exercise for an adult to attain per week?
- Per month?
- Per day?
- Examine the effects of the obesity epidemic on American society.
Internet
- Are students smarter since the introduction of the internet?
- What variations has the internet made from its original design?
- Has digital downloading helped the music industry or hurt it?
- Analyze the benefits and costs of stricter internet censorship.
- Examine the effects of the internet on the paper news industry.
- What would occur if the internet went out?
Mental Health
- What are the advantages of daily exercise?
- Discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected people’s mental health.
- What things promote poor mental and physical health?
- Analyze how mental health is discussed in pop culture.
- Examine the pros and cons of more counselors in U.S schools.
- What effect does stress have on the body?
Science
- What are black holes?
- What are the consequences of deforestation on long-term climate change?
- Discuss the pros and cons of the EPA.
- Can coral reefs be saved, or are they doomed?
- What effect has the Flint Michigan crisis had on the United States?