Example topics
Clinton Impeachment
Reagan's Star Wars (SDI)
Bakke Case
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Vietnamization (Nixon's Vietnam War Policy )
Nixon's Pardon
Korean War
Roe v Wade
New Deal
Woodrow Wilson at Versailles
Manned Space Exploration
Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
The Break-Up of Standard Oil
1960s Feminism
Malcolm X
If you want find additional topics beyond those above, try these resources.
Example Titles:
Richard M. Nixon : A Life in Full
America's Uncivil Wars : The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon
From Brown to Bakke : The Supreme Court and School Integration : 1945-1978
Affirmative Action and Racial Preferences : A Debate
Great Depression and the New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt : New Deal and War
Great Depression and the New Deal : A Very Short Introduction
Making Malcolm : The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X
Affair of State : The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton
Book covers of books in the SAAS Library
You need 10 quality sources in total: here are some suggestions for places to look.
3 Books
If you can't find what you need, I can order a book or kindle book for you. You choose the title. Email me: kjohnson@ We have kindles to lend. I cannot send a book to your personal Kindle however; Amazon doesn't play nice like that.
3 Database/Scholarly Journals
2 Primary Sources
2 Additional Sources
Gain a general understanding of your controversy and be on the look out for vocabularly to use in your searches.
SAAS Library Catalog app: look for LibraryWorld in your favorite app store (see logo above).
Mobile-friendly database page is here.
Sample Titles:
Correcting Myths about the Persian Gulf War: The Last Stand of the Tawakalna
Selling an Image: Girl Groups of the 1960s
Political Participation and Feminist Consciousness among Women Activists of the 1960s
The Formation of Feminist Consciousness among Left- and Right-Wing Activists of the 1960s
The Panama Canal Treaties of 1977
The Legend of the Standard Oil Company
The Rise and Supremacy of the Standard Oil Company
Academic OneFile is a very helpful database offered by the Seattle Public Library. The document above written by our history teacher Steve Retz explains step-by-step how to access this database. You will need a library card and pin.
