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Your Research Guide Topic and Three Questions

You can post your topic and questions by commenting on this post. Remember, this assignment is due by noon on Tuesday, October 27. This will give me time to respond to you before class on the 28th.

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My topic will be on the Progressive Era in history from 1890-1920.
Questions:
1. Who were the Progressives?
2. What did the accomplish during their era?
3. Did the Progressives fail?

My topic will be on the evaluation and determinants of human height.
Questions:
1.) What biological factors effect the height of Pygmy populations?
2.) What biological factors influence the height of tall people?
3.) How does evolution effect the height trajectory of tall and short people?

My topic will be on creative thinking.

1. What is creative thinking?
2. How can researchers measure creative thinking?
3. How can one develop creative thinking?

My topic will be on stem cell research concerning neurobiology.
1)Where is this research being done, and by whom?
2)How far are we into the quest for human regeneration as it pertains to rebuilding nerve tissue and even parts of the human brain?
3)What are the ethical implications of using stem cells?

My Topic: The Use of Social Media during Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign.
1. How have political candidates, parties, and government organizations used the Internet prior to the 2008 presidential campaign?
2. How did Barack Obama’s campaign utilize the power of communicating through multiple web based technologies and their unique contribution to his campaign?
3. What effects have web based technology had on politics in America and where might it be headed in the future?

My topic will be on Nature vs. Nurture
1. What types of environmental factors may offer support to the "nurture" side of the argument?
2. What types of hereditary factors may contribute to the "nature" side of the argument?
3. What methods have been used to observe the role of both "nature" and "nurture"?

My topic will be breastfeeding
1. What are the benefits of breastfeeding?
2. How does breastfeeding affect the growth of the child?
3. What determines who breast feds, whose the usual candidate?

My topic will be on the world urbanization in the past 100 years.
Questions:
1. What is urbanization and Where the urbanization happened in the world during the past 100 years.
2. What have changed during the world urbanization(to the city, to the country, and to the global world).
3. what different between developed country and developing country through the urbanization.

topic: The influence of Latin Americans in the U.S.
Questions:
1. Has the influence of Latin Americans changed over the past twenty years or so?
2. How is this influence seen in the U.S? Consider immigration/ population, music, dance, food, etc.
3. Has the importance of being bilingual increased? If yes, how?

My topic will be: Economic Recession Depression
My Questions will be: 1. What is a Recession? What is a Depression? What is the difference or Is there a difference?
2. How do you survive in a Recession? In a Depression?
3. What steps can you take to prepare for any future Recessions/Depressions?

Should Marijuana Be Legalized?

1. What effects does it have on your health?
2. How would it effect the economy?
3. What effect would it have on marijuana related crimes?

The Importance of Diversification in business related fields such as finance and accounting

1. How has the number of minorities in business related professions improved over the past 50 years?
2. What causes such a disparity between male and females in business related professions?
3. Why does climbing the corporate ladder for a woman seem so much harder than it is for a man?

My topic will be on legalizing Marijuana
1. How will sales and production be regulated?
2. Can this one cash crop, boost our economy?
3. Is it really less harmful than other leagal substances?

My topic will be the Cycle of Violence
1. Is there a "cycle of violence" causing those abused as children to be at a higher risk for deviant behavior?
2. How exactly does this cycle of violence work
3. What factors increase or decrease the effect of the cycle of violence

My topic will be classical law in Athens and Rome

1) The similarities and differences between the ancient empires
2) The transformation to laws today in the United States
3) The role women had in law or how the laws effected them differently from men.


Topic: Law in Classical Athens and Rome

1) Similarities within the empires; and differences
2) How law was transformed today.
3) Women's role in law and how it effected them differently then men.

The history of warfare
1) What type of tactics were used and why?
2) What weapons changed warfare?
3) How has training and preparation changed over the years?

How can safety, attitudes and land patterns be reorganized to increase bicycle commuting?
1. What stops people from making trips around on bicycle?/ What are the barriers?
2. What is bicycle commuting like now, why do people do it now? Why do some feel safe enough to do it while others do not?
3. What policy measures would increase bicycle commuting?

How can safety, attitudes and land patterns be reorganized to increase bicycle commuting?
1. What stops people from making trips around on bicycle?/ What are the barriers?
2. What is bicycle commuting like now, why do people do it now? Why do some feel safe enough to do it while others do not?
3. What policy measures would increase bicycle commuting?

Topic: Maya art and ideology during the Terminal Classic Period in the ancient city of Chichen Itza

I.What is the nature and associated symbolism of the art in the city?
II.What does such symbolism reflects about specific elements of Maya society during the Terminal Classic?
III.How did the artistic elements change over time and what does such alterations reveal about the society at Chichen Itza ?

My new topic question: What were the effects of the Rockefeller drug laws?
1. Why were the rockefeller drug laws implemented?
2. Who was affected by the rockefeller drug laws?
3. Were the rockefeller drug laws fair?

the urbanization happened is because the city has more opportunities for people to seek jobs also larger cities provide more specialized goods and services. People can earn more money and get convenient in transportation or communication.

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