In one or two well-developed paragraphs explain your topic and purpose for the research paper. Include mention of what specific points or topics you envision including in your research paper, what kind of research you think you will need to find and your tentative thesis statement. Your main objective is to explain how you envision the paper coming together for you.
This will be half a page to a page long using our standard formatting guidelines from previous essay assignments.
Possible research paper topics:
Uniforms in Schools: should students have to wear them?
Online education: is it more effective than traditional schools?
Cybersecurity: is the government doing enough to combat threats?
Drinking rights: should the legal drinking age be lowered/raised?
Homeschooling: is homeschooling a more effective option than traditional schooling?
Plagiarism: do schools do enough to combat plagiarism?
Organic foods: is there enough regulation on organic food sold in the US?
Obesity: does the government do enough to combat obesity in the US?
Hunting: is it cruel to continue to hunt for sport?
Marijuana: is the US regulating medical marijuana enough?
Coronavirus: how did the pandemic change the idea of working from home?
Here are model thesis statements that will work for any of these, or any other topics:
Students should/should not have to wear uniforms because of X, Y, and Z.
Online is more/less effective than traditional schooling because of X, Y, and Z.
The government is/is not doing enough to combat cyberterrorism because of X, Y, and Z.
The drinking age should be lowered/raised because of X, Y, and Z.
Do you see the pattern? That’s all a thesis statement needs to be! It should be placed as the last sentence of your introduction and then the X becomes your first body paragraph, the Y becomes your second body paragraph, and your Z becomes your third body paragraph.
You should have a paragraph about counterarguments.
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