For this assignment you will:
  • Choose your own controversial topic
  • Research it to form an opinion on it.
  • You will use a variety of primary & secondary sources,
  • You will write an essay, create notecards in NoodleTools, & produce and present an oral PowerPoint presentation.
You need at least 10 QUALITY sources.  You must use:
  • at least 2 books
  • at least 3 databases/scholarly journals
  • at least 2 primary sources
  • at least 3 additional quality sources
Many of our databases can help you with this project, but especially:
  • JSTOR
  • ProQuest
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • US History in Context
  • EBook Central
Some example topics:
  • Clinton Impeachment
  • Reagan's Star Wars (SDI)
  • Bakke Case
  • Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • Vietnamization (Nixon's Vietnam War Policy )
  • Nixon's Pardon
  • Korean War
  • Roe v Wade
  • New Deal
  • Woodrow Wilson at Versailles
  • Manned Space Exploration
  • Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
  • The Break-Up of Standard Oil
  • 1960s Feminism
  • ​Malcolm X
  • Reaganomics
  • Iran Contra Affair
  • The Great Society
  • Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy
These are some great collections of primary sources: