History research paper

THEMES IN HISTORY 

1. Geographic Determinism on the course of historical events

2. The Big “C”s ~ Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, & Conversion on the Course of History

3. Causes and Effects in History ~ “what came first, the chicken or the egg?”

4. “Shoulda, Woulda, Couldas” ~ alternate histories with alternate endings

5. Role of Economics in History ~ “money makes the world go around” or does it?

6. GREED & POWER ~ Who has it? How do they get it? What do they do with it? Why do we care?

7. Gender and History ~ “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world” ~ oh, really?

8. Race and History (Ethnicity and History) ~ “them versus us” scenarios

9. Religion and History ~ “My God is better than your god”

10. Role of Family in History ~ as a social, a defensive, an economic, and/or a spiritual construct

11. The Effects of Education on History ~ “I know something you don’t know . . .”

12. Individualism vs. Communalism ~ “the need of the one” or the “need of the many”?

13. WAR ~ “What was it good for?”

14. Pivot Points in History ~ “when in the course of human events . . .” ~ the course abruptly changes

15. The Power of Personality ~ Celebrities who change history

16. “One man’s VIRTUE is another man’s EVIL” ~ Extreme human acts and responses in history

17. 20/20 Historical Hindsight ~ problems seeing the past through modern eyes ~ "Had they known then, what we know now . . ."

18. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . ." ~ paradoxes in history ~ "heads and tails," i.e. flip sides (ex: good and bad) of the same event, person, or place.

19. "For want of a nail . . ." ~ how technology has affected history

20. History and the Environment ~ exploiting Mother Nature and its consequences