Possible topics for research paper



Research Paper 2018

For this assignment you will be evaluated on your research skills and your essay-writing ability.

Papers are due at the beginning of class. Late papers will lose 10% per day.

You can choose any subject we address in the course for further research. Feel free to browse the websites students create on eugenics to get ideas. Here are some possibilities:

Scientific Literacy, Definitions of Science, Gender and Science, Sexuality and Science, Hysteria, Racial Classification and Science, Social Class and Science, Eugenics, Development of the IQ Test, Disability Studies, Clinical Photography, Comparative Anthropology, Use of Metaphor in Science, The History of Science Museums, Museums' Role in Science Education, Human Testing, and the Tuskegee Experiment.

(As this is to be your own original work, it is wise to choose different topics from your friends.)

Find five reliable sources, written for an academic or professional audience. These could be a monograph (aka a book), an article from an edited collection of essays, or a journal article. The sources should add up to at least 60 pages. You need to work with these sources very closely. Read them carefully and cite them often in your text. List them in alphabetical order in an MLA bibliography at the end of the paper.

You need a thesis. The thesis will be developed from your sources. This means that choosing good sources which work well together is really important. Don’t go with the first five things you find! Look for sources which address one aspect of the subject. For example, if you were interested in Eugenics you could focus on any one of the following sub-topics:

Eugenics in Canada, Eugenics and Women, Eugenics in the United States , Eugenics and Race, Nazi Ideology and Eugenics, H.H. Goddard, The History of the Term "Moron", Eugenics and Immigration, Eugenics and Class, Eugenics and Birth Control, Photography and Eugenic Control, Positive Eugenics, Marriage Laws, Shift from Segregation to Sterilization, Negative Eugenics, Eugenics in Popular Culture, International Collaboration in the Study of Eugenics, or the Kallikaks and the Jukes.

Look for similarities and differences in how each source addresses the topic and develop your thesis from there.

Here is what your paper should look like with approximate guidelines for length:

• Introduce your thesis and develop it with frequent reference to your sources. You will likely focus on some sources more than others, but you should make sure you are using your sources in a way where you synthesize material. (6 pages)

• You are then invited to add an afterword in which you tell the reader what you think and discuss your feelings about the issue. (maximum 1 page)

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