HSB4M Grade 12 CHALLENGE AND CHANGE IN SOCIETY …



Possible Independent Study Essay Topic Areas

These are only suggested areas of interest. They are not actual essay topics or theses. You need to choose some areas of interest and do some preliminary research to find out enough about the topic to develop a thesis. Try to keep as narrow a focus as possible to increase the likelihood that your essay will have some depth.

Consider two papers about the same length…

Shallow, covers 1500 words a more narrow focus 1500 words

more information on the surface covers fewer different things, but can

but doesn’t get very deep go a lot more deeper into the topic

|Family Issues |Anti-semitism |

|Trends |Anti-racism |

|Fertility rates and … |Multiple oppressions |

|Divorce and … |Systemic discrimination |

|Marriage and … |Feminism |

|Common law and … |Patriarchy |

|Mixed couples and … |Access to services |

|Same sex families and … |Islamaphobia |

|Gender roles |Black Lives Matter movement |

|Teen pregnancy and … |The 1% movement |

|Adolescent development & |The glass ceiling |

|Socialization and … |Privilege |

|Child abuse and … |White |

|Domestic violence and |Male |

|Loss, grief and … |Cis |

|Hooking up |Hetero |

|Dating and mate selection |Identity Issues |

|Elder abuse |Cis and |

|May December relationships |Heteronormativity and … |

|Surrogacy |Gender identity and … |

|Equity |Trans identity and … |

|The culture of rape in North America |Socialization and … |

|Cultural genocide & Canada’s First Nations |Transgender discrimination … |

|Prostitution and … |Miscegenation (mixed) identity and … |

|Racial profiling and policing |Race and … |

|Racialization |Gender and … |

|Taking back language | |

|Identity |Wellbeing Issues |

|Heteronormativity |Suicide |

|Homophobia |Mental wellness |

|Hate crimes |Mental illness and stigma |

|Transgender discrimination |Bullying |

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|Social Class |Social and Cultural Issues |

|Social homogamy & the widening gap |Deviance |

|Causes of poverty |Alienation |

|The cycle of poverty |Isolation |

|Impact of poverty |Anarchy |

|Poverty and identity |Crime and recidivism |

|Poverty and First Nations, Metis and Inuit |and punishment |

|The feminization of poverty |and hate |

|Social assistance and … |and youth |

|Seniors and poverty |and women |

|and political affiliation |Serial murder and … |

|Income disparity |Justice system and … |

|Education and … |Hate crimes and Canadian law |

|Homelessness and … |Gun violence and … |

| |Video games and … |

|Political Spectrum and… |Culture and beauty and … |

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|The 1% and … |Hate crimes versus freedom of speech |

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|Ideologies and … |Dress codes and sexism … |

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|Changing the status quo… |Women and … |

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|The evolution of villain as a reflection of an increasingly violent society|Men and… |

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|The Arab Spring Movement … |Youth and… |

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|Youth and activism |Racism and immigration… |

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|Canada and US relations |The brain drain |

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|Female genital mutilation and |The Jian Gomeshi trial and verdict brought to light the patriarchal bias of|

| |the current justice system in Canada * |

|Rape as a weapon of war | |

| |Donald Trump, the good, the bad, and the ugly * |

|Millennials and … | |

| |Hilary Clinton, the good, the bad, and the ugly * |

|Universal post-secondary education should be available in Canada, it is a | |

|right not a commodity * | |

| |*WARNING do not choose this if you have a strong bias, and also, understand|

|Universal post-secondary education should not be free in Canada, it is a |that you will need to use academic sources more so than social media, |

|commodity for those who can afford it * |blogs, news and magazines |

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