J. Alexander (ENG 101)
College Composition I

The following topics need to be further restricted. You must establish a clear thesis before you can begin to put together a focused, well-organized, and purposeful piece of research:

• Orphanages
• Child labor laws
• Adoption
• The history of the novel
• The horror film and its place in American pop culture
• The history of institutionalized charity (American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Special Olympics)
• Early views on mental illness, treatments
• The treatment of infectious diseases through history
• The education of women
• Women's rights
• 19^th Century attitudes towards marriage/divorce
• Crime through the centuries
• Domestic servitude
• Movie violence
• TV violence
• Rock lyrics
• Censorship
• Gypsies
• Missionaries
• Miscegenation/race relations
• Interracial marriage
• 19^th Century entertainment
• The changing face of sport (salaries, amateur status, agents)
• Gambling through the ages (college students, Las Vegas, Sports gambling)
• Changing notions of feminine beauty (advertising, family values)
• The role of the media in society (print, radio, internet)
• Clothing styles, social status, and fashion
• Illegitimacy/bigamy
• 19^th century responses to suicide
• Pyromania
• Schizophrenia
• Depression
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Autism
• Sleep disorders or eating disorders
• Movie sequels or movie remakes

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