How did the events of September 11th 2001 effect the residents of New York City?
Lorie Agosto
How has New York City influenced 50 Cent and his work?.
Brandoll Almonte
What impacts of climate change will have the greatest effect on New York City?
Caroline Andino
How can we fight air pollution problems in New York City?
Koreth Aragon
Has Donald Trump responded adequately to the hurricane crisis in Puerto Rico?
Genesis Castro
How has the right to bear arms changed in New York from when the USA constitution was written to the present?
Elaina Chiasson
What are the effects of solitary confinement on teenagers? How is solitary used with teens in the New York City jails?
Jewdith Cullar
"How did Jay Z become established as a rapper ?"
Kevin Harmon
Is gentrification destroying neighborhoods? (Esp. East Harlem and Harlem proper)
Kevin Heeraman
Why was the High Bridge built?
Aisha Kone
How does noise perturb our tranquility in New York City?
So Yeon Lee
How did the United States' international relations change immediately after 9/11?
Roseann McClean
Who built the Hellgate (Train) bridge, and why?
Estephanie Monegro
What are the top five gangs in New York City's history?
Fiorela Nunez
Jayzy Padilla
How did New York City's current gangs come to be?
Tanasia Polk
What are the main factors that lead to teen suicide, and how can it be prevented?
Jamie Rodriguez
How has the Latinx community changed in NYC in the last generation?
Rogers Rojas Pena
What are the origins of American baseball?
Franchy Santana
Are charter schools the best solution for public education?
Alexandra Santos
How did the presence of Ellis Island impact the shaping of New York City?
Marshana Stephenson
How was the Brooklyn Bridge built?
Luis Torres
What factors in history created today's Times Square?
Tu Tran
How did "Cash Cab" come to be, and how is it related to the history of game shows in New York?
Patricia Villar
Are our High Schools preparing our students to be college- or career-ready?
Ieasha Wilson
Who is Afrika Bambaataa?
Teyese Wilson
How much do we really know about "Jenny from the Block"?
General information about choosing a topic
Once you have chosen a topic for your research paper, and it has been approved by me, it will be posted here.
Your research topic must have some connection to New York City.
You can write an expository essay (a simple description of your findings) or a persuasive essay (an attempt to prove one's opinion is correct). The way your research question is posed is a clue to which kind of essay you will right. If the question focuses on facts—Who built Central Park?—the result will be an expository essay. If, on the other hand, the question asks for an opinion—Is "broken windows" policing effective?—you will be writing a persuasive essay.
Here are some possibilities for research topics:
The history of a famous building, structure, or park in the city:
Who built Central Park?
How was the Brooklyn Bridge built?
What is the history of Governor's Island and the structures that were built there?
Social history:
How has Latino culture changed in New York over the last thirty years?
Why are there so few manufacturing jobs in New York City today?
How did the Great Migration (the movement of rural African-Americans from the South to the manufacturing cities of the North in the early 20th century) change New York City?
What was Harlem like during the Harlem Renaissance?
A question about a famous New Yorker:
How did JayZ become established as a rapper?
Who is Afrika Bambaataa?
How did Fiorello LaGuardia shape modern New York?
An examination of a social issue:
Is "broken windows" policing effective?
How do environmental factors affect health in the South Bronx?
Why is Mayor deBlasio promoting free pre-K schooling?
Are charter schools better than traditional public schools?
Are the police and fire departments hiring enough people of color?
Lifestyle questions:
Is gentrification destroying neighborhoods?
How has Hip-Hop been expressed through fashion—the clothes people wear?
What is parkour, and where is it practiced in New York?
As you can see from this short list, there are plenty of topics out there. You could choose one of the topics above, or devise your own.
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