[Don't forget we are meeting at William T. Young for Wed/Thur classes at the front entrance. Show up on time because we will be leaving that space as soon as class starts.]
Check out the subject archives on the right hand side of Dialogic
Check out Resources for Re-Thinking the World
Check out film studies resources at Dialogic Cinephilia
Student suggestions for possible topics:
Abortion (for/against) 7
Animals (testing; cruelty; treatment of animals in zoos) 6
Civil/Human Rights (Women's Rights; Gay Rights; Freedom of Speech; Native American; same-sex marriages; nanny culture; airport security; Civil Rights Movement; human trafficking) 11
Class in America (Raising the Minimum Wage; Inequality) 4
Cloning
Culture (mythology; rituals; comics; Stonehenge) 4
Death Penalty 5
Drugs (Marijuana Legalization; Drunk Driving; Chemicals in Cigarettes; Lower Drinking Age to 18; medical marijuana) 12
Economics/Business (small businesses; sales tactics) 2
Education (Bullying; Study Abroad; Music Education; Home Schooling; Costs/Tuition; Is a College Degree Necessary?; Public Education; G.E.D.; Elementary; High School College Preparation; common core standards; teacher salaries; art education; pledge of allegiance) 21
Elections (campaign funding)
Energy (corn ethanol; offshore oil drilling; alternative energy) 3
Environment (Pollution; overpopulation; green politics; green architecture) 4
Evolution 2
Family (alternative families; violence; working mothers; divorce) 4
Food Politics (Growth Hormones; eating disorders; GMOs; vegetarianism) 5
Gender (stereotypes; men's rights groups; women's studies; 2nd/3rd wave feminism) 4
Geopolitics (Western Intervention in Africa; should the USA help countries facing poverty/abusive governments) 2
Government (general funding; welfare; govt. subsidized agriculture; drug testing; democracy; socialism) 8
Healthcare (Alzheimers & Dementia; Costs; Malpractice Laws; Obesity; Right to Die/Euthanasia; Vaccines; microbe research; genomics; sleep deprivation; history of mental illness; fitness; diets; obamacare payment for birth control) 19
Immigration (immigrants as positive force; illegal immigration) 2
Language (English Language Origins)
Media Issues (Social Media; Media Consolidation; Politics & Media; Creativity vs Business; Representation of "bad behavior"; representation/meaning of mermaids in different cultures/media; advertising; public relations; propaganda; representation of unrealistic body types; Wikileaks; censorship) 17
Prisons/Punishment (rehabilitation over punishment; punishment over rehabilitation; corporal punishment; loss of rights due to a felony conviction; funding) 6
Psychology (Violence)
Public Transportation in Lexington
Religion (Christianity; creationsim) 2
Sexuality (Queer Culture; polamory) 2
Sports (should high school athletes be forced to got to university before turning pro; stereotypes of women athletes; paying college athletes; concussions; steroids in baseball; racism in sports) 7
Stem Cell Research 6
Technology (physical effects of electronic devices; reliance on computers; over-reliance in general; privacy issues; google glasses; cell phones; internet) 9
Violence (rape culture)
War/Conflicts (Soviet Era Politics; Vietnam War-effects on soldiers; American Interventions; PTSD; Iraq/Afghanistan; child victims, NAZI society and history; WW II) 9
Weapons (Gun Control Laws - for/against) 5
Youth (troubled childhood; beauty contests for children; child abuse; generation Y/millennials; youth offenders; pedophiles) 7
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