project due by sunday at 5:30

These are just a few ideas but the possibilities are endless….

If you choose a topic not on this list, please email me or speak to me after class for approval.

1) Ethnic cleansing in an area

Rwanda

Kosovo

Darfur

Nazi Germany

2) Apartheid

3) Any of the 6 major world religions and tie it to place (either areas practiced or where it emerged and why)

4) Racial segregation (especially in the South)

5) Casinos

6) Wal-Mart

7) China towns in any large city (ethnic enclaves)

8) Ellis Island

9) Human Trafficking or drug trafficking in a selected area

10) Talk about several world heritage sites

11) Tourism and tourists in an area (what they are coming to see and where they are from)

12) Any language

13) Any civil war

14) The breakup of the Soviet Union

15) A particular battle in the war (talk about the site it was fought on)

16) Animal/plant life in an area…what makes that area unique?

17) Any multinational corporation

18) Democracy

19) Past Hawaiian monarchy

20) Terrorism in an area

21) The unfolding of a particular event

a. Ex: 9-11: Why did it take place there...how was the community affected?

b. OKC bombing (same questions)

22) OSU- Why is it in Stillwater? How has it changed the community from its origin (campus archives is an amazing source for this topic)?

23) Route 66

24) Manufacturing in Detroit (Why has it suffered?)

25) Flint Michigan economic down turn

26) Where are the highest unemployment rates and why?

27) Where is a certain disease most prevalent and why?

a. HIV/AIDS

b. Mental Illnesses

c. Alcoholism/ drug abuse

d. Ebola

28) Discuss an ancient civilization…how/where it emerged and grew to power…how it declined

29) Ottoman empire

30) Byzantine empire

31) Native American tribes current lands (depending on state-reservations or territories)

32) Indian removal

33) Voting patterns

34) Fashion

35) Any group of indigenous peoples…select and talk about their culture in relation to place

36) Any natural catastrophe in an area…How it changed the landscape

a. Tornado in Moore

b. Hurricane

c. New Orleans & Katrina; Houston and Harvey; Irma and Puerto Rico

d. Tsunami

e. Wildfires

f. Earthquakes

37) Rainforests

38) Environmental destruction

39) National Parks…why do we have them and where

40) Hollywood

41) Sacred space or land conflicts

a. Israel vs. Palestinians

b. Kurdish wanting a homeland

42) Railroads influence on a particular town

43) Ghost towns (tourism)

44) Chernobyl (tourism)

45) New Orleans and macabre tourism

46) Ethnic neighborhoods/communities

a. Pick one to discuss- Boley/ or Langston, Oklahoma

b. Little Italy in Chicago

c. Greenwood

47) KGB

48) Berlin Wall

49) Organized crime or gangs influence in a particular area

50) LA Riots

51) Any nation-state formation…

a. Pakistan

b. Israel

c. Bangladesh

d. India

52) Food Preference

a) Famous Sandwiches in the US