1. JUNIOR YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT

2. a clear, well-developed thesis;

3. a significant amount of accurate, relevant, and credible evidence that supports your thesis; and

4. at least four credible sources, two of which must be print sources.

5. Your outline is due at the start of class on May 9.

6. Your outline is worth up to 20 points.

7. Your rough draft will be due at the start of class on May 16.

8. Your rough draft is worth up to 10 points.

9. Your paper is due at the start of class on May 23.

10. Your paper is worth up to 100 points.

11. In-class debates will begin on May 29 or May 30.

12. Your performance in the debate is worth up to 20 points.

13. Topics

14. Worst decisions in American history:

16. Dropping of the atomic bomb

17. Bay of Pigs

18. Entry into **** war

19. Nixon Watergate

20. Plessy v. Fergusson

21. Jim Crow laws

22. Isolationism

23. Sacco & Vanzetti

24. Chinese Exclusion Act

25. Prohibition

26. Japanese internment

27. U2 Spy Plane

28. Iran hostage crisis

29. Lewinsky Scandal

31. American who best represents American ideals:

33. Franklin D. Roosevelt

34. John F. Kennedy

35. Jane Adams

36. McCarthy

37. Martin Luther King, Jr.

38. Malcom X

39. Jackie Robinson

40. Ronald Reagan

41. Jimmy Carter

42. Eleanor Roosevelt

43. Andrew Carnegie

44. Henry Ford

45. Sidney Farber

46. Dr. Spock

47. Charles Lindberg

48. Bob Dylan

49. Bill Clinton