How about comparing the Tiananmen Square incident to what is happening today in the Wall Street Protest? or compare the Kent State Shootings to some event in our current history. Comparing and Contrasting an event from our past to similarities and differences in a present day even would be fun and maybe out of the box, not sure what the class has done.
quote=Leann]I have a little request. Josh has a major history paper assignment and is looking for topics. He will write about an event that has to have happened AT LEAST 10 years ago. Here are some of the things I have mentioned, and appreciate anything 'outside the box'. Also, he is passionate about WW2 history and wrote on Italy/Mussolini for his 4,000 word extended essay earlier this year.
His teacher wants something 'groundbreaking'. It could have happened anywhere in the world.
Iran-Contra
Tiananmen Square incident
Battle of Stalingrad
Kent State Shootings
Nobel Prize controversies
Cuban Missile crisis
Thanks in advance ladies for your help.[/quote]