Students, please share your best thesis questions and essay ideas here, taken from our reading of Holding On.
To start with, share your favorite of the five Questions you did for our first Thesis Question Exercise. Use the Comments section below so that all of our ideas are here in one post.
As we continue to read the book, I'll expect you to do thesis question generation as part of your active reading.
My expectations are that you will share THREE good thesis or essay ideas total by the time we finish Holding On. Use the Comments section of this post each time to add your entry, so that all of our ideas for research and essays are here in the same place.
This should make topic generation for Essay Three easy when that time in the semester arrives.
All best,
Mike
From Tommie Bass's profile: How has what is considered "alternative" medicine changed in the United States over time?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite/best question is: "What evens did the Stonewall Riots help push into motion"?
ReplyDeleteFrom Roberta Blackgoat's profile: Why do the Native-American tribes want land under the control of the United States?
ReplyDeleteFrom Tommie Bass's profile: What is a "Folk Doctor", and where did it originate from?
ReplyDeleteWhat ever happened to Coney Island, and is there any other amusement parks like Coney Island that have disappeared in the United States?
DeleteWhat caused the down fall of passenger trains in the United States, and why haven't we advanced farther with modern subway systems?
One of my best thesis questions was: "What circumstances and or events led to the formation and prominence of the mafia in NY?"
ReplyDelete"What were some of the factors that led to Louisiana's harsh change of their life sentence statute."
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thesis question would be: What are 2 of the most famous examples of displacement of the Indians in The United States and how does this type of bigotry still exist in today's day and age?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite question is: Today, we see lots of people using medicines which contains drugs and other chemicals.
ReplyDeleteAre there any people still use the herbs for their health/treatments? If no, why not? (Tommie Bass)
My favorite research questions would be how has fashion changed over time (from then to now). For example "hat shaping", and "shoe shining".
ReplyDeleteFrom Roberta Blackgoat, my thesis became. How many native American tribes still live in their holy land? And how have they been able to keep it and not get pushed out of it?
ReplyDeleteHow many falsely imprisoned black people are still in prison today? What were their stories and were they wrongly convicted?
DeleteAre Hobo's still around in america today? Are they like the hobo's of past times and how can we keep people that don't have homes around in society today?
What ever happened to disk jokeys? What happened to famous disk jockeys, did they change professions and are they still alive?
Are their any folk doctors around today? How does their practice compare to those we have read about in Holding on.
How have prophetic ministries changed within the different generations?
ReplyDeleteDid mediums originate from the practice of spiritualism?
DeleteWhere did the concept of bells originate,what was their oldest known use of practice?
While our country faces an issue with an opioid epidemic, why have we not accepted natural medicines like herbs, hemps, foods and others as a more natural and safe way of medicating.
ReplyDeleteTo what extent is the gender wage gap still occurring?
ReplyDelete- At what rate are people being wrongfully incarcerated?
Delete- Are travelling ministers a popular lifestyle today?
How do American train systems fare in comparison to European ad Asian high-speed train systems?
ReplyDelete2.) Why don't you hear about "natural" healers like Augustina Martinez in American culture anyone? What has made them disappear from our culture?
ReplyDelete3.)What other cult or cult like groups have been banned by the United States for the practices/does anyone still practice them anyway?
* Why have the blues and old-school country almost completely disappeared from the modern day radio?
ReplyDelete* What are the top three causes that led to the creation of "ghost towns" in the United States?
2) While technology enhances why have vinyl records raised in priced instead of dropped due to all the new music apps and CD's now available?
ReplyDelete3) As the LA homeless population increases do they have a similar way of sending signals and searching for jobs such as "Steam Train" Maury Graham did with his fellow homeless people?
My favorite top 3 thesis/essay questions from HOLDING ON would be:
ReplyDelete1- What makes music so peaceful? (From Stanley Kilarr's profile)
2- Are there tent cities today? Why tent cities are not famous anymore?
3- How has becoming vegetarian has helped reducing health issues?