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College 1 Research Guide

Find resources to help you conduct research for your final project.

                               

Topic Ideas

 

Suggested Research Topics

The list below includes topics that are connected with American Like Me and other College 1 course themes. You can choose from this list or come up with your own topic from the book or other course text.

  • Importance of names
  • Food/Culture
  • Parent-child relationships
  • (Not)fitting in
  • Religion and faith
  • Work Ethic
  • Life of immigrants or children of immigrants
  • Career Choice
  • Courage
  • Skill Development
  • Generational wisdom
  • Resourcefulness
  • Persuasive communication
  • Loneliness
  • Xenophobia
  • Music
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Consumerism
  • Trauma
  • Humanizing parents
  • Emotional growth
  • Boundaries
  • Intersectionality of identity 
  • Liberatory Education
  • Gender Roles
  • Representation / Mass Media
  • Diverse friends
  • American Dream
  • Trans identity 
  • Native identity 
  • Colonialism
  • Cultural identity and tradition
  • Honoring ancestors
  • Patriotism/political activism 
  • Letters to self / emotional growth

 

Research Project Worksheet

Use this worksheet to:

  • choose a topic
  • build a set of search terms
  • find articles in library databases
  • cite your sources in MLA format

(Click on the link to download the worksheet.)