What are some history research topics?

History projects that use first hand sources are very popular with the post modernist history crowd. It's more about an individual's experience, preferably the guy on the street, rather than facts, figures and dates.





Interview a WWII veteran and compare it to the experience of a Vietnam veteran (you're in the US, right?). What was your mother's school days like compared to your grandmother's?





Something like that will really make the day of your post modernist history teacher! I bet your grandmother would appreciate the attention too!

What are some history research topics?
The good ol' compare-and-contrast project never fails (heck, I remember interviewing my grandfather for a high school history paper).





Or you could pick something off the wall that requires more research but could turn out to be really cool -- cooking techniques of the 17th century, how and why Shakespeare tweaked some of his historical plays, the significance of amardillos in Brazilian history or the reasons why Ancient Greek gods became so unpopular.





Another good idea is to play devil's advcoate. George Washington is an American hero, right? Well, do some digging and find stuff that show he wasn't a nice guy. (You can do this with pretty much any American president before the 1850s.)





Or, examine the history of a current event -- Mardi Gras, the ethnic violence in Kenya, how feminism helped Hillary Clinton get where she is today.





Ultimately, find something you are genuinely interested in. Ask a question you really want to know the answer to. If you do pick a topic that's a little off the wall, some good resources are university and college professors. I bet some of them would talk to you.





Good luck!
Reply:well it depends on what era and issue you wish to focus on. There is an enormous about of topic that you can choose from.





here are just a few:





• Reconstruction: Conflict and Compromise in the South


• Munich Compromise: Conflict of Chamberlain


• Compromise of 1850


• Compromise of 1877


• Treaty of Versailles: Prelude to the Second World War


• Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights


• United Nations Peace-Keeping Missions: Conflict Interventions


• United Nations Security Council


• Conflict Among Supporters: National v. American Women’s Suffrage Associations


• The Battle over the Air Waves: The FCC v. Private Radio Industry


• The Big Three: Conflict and Compromise at Yalta


• Antebellum Politics: The Nullification Controversy


• Conflict and Compromise: FDR and the Lend-Lease Policy


• Conflict over Representation: The Boston Tea Party


• English National Interest v. Irish Neutrality in World War II


• Afghan Resistance: Precipitating the Crumbling of the Soviet Union


• The Rule of Adbar: “The Great Mughal” Over India


• King Henry IV and the Edict of Nantes


• The Establishment of the Manchu Dynasty in China


• The Peace of Utrecht


• The Japanese Constitution of 1889


• General Sherman’s War on Civilians


• Vietnam Military Policy and Civilian Protest


• Military and Political Conflict: The Use of Chemical Weapons


• Social Conflict during War: Japanese Internment


• King Rajaraja Conquers Ceylon


• Segregation of Troops: Conflicting Loyalty


• French Troops Refuse to Fight in World War I


• Women in the Military


• To Drop or Not to Drop: Truman and the Atomic Bomb


• After the War: Should Rosie Return to the Home?


• Conflict Between The Franks and the Eastern Empire (807)


• Invasion of the Visgoths into Italy (401)