English 3/ AP Language and Composition Graduation

Project Topics
For your graduation project, you will be required to
write a 6-8 page research paper using MLA formatting
during your junior year. As a senior, you will be expected
to engage in some community-based work. Here are the
topics you must choose from to help you be successful
both your junior and senior year.
Topic
Issues related to animals: ethical
treatment of farm/food animals,
ethical treatment of animals held
in captivity, use of animals for
therapy, animal breeding, use of
animals for research
Issues related to the arts: arts
education funding, intellectual
rights/piracy, art therapy
Issues related to violence:
bullying, gender bias, racial
violence, identity/sexual
orientation violence
Issues related to economics:
minimum wage, job opportunities,
affordable education, housing
loans
Issues related to education: equity
in educational opportunities,
single gender classrooms,
alternative education settings,
discipline
Issues related to the environment:
landfills, human impact
(overpopulation, pollution),
climate change, sustainability,
genetic engineering

Community based
project
Volunteer at animal
shelters, equine
therapy, or wildlife
rehabilitation,
Humane League
Playing For Others
Making it Better

Issues related to health: access to

affordable insurance, access to
healthy food choices, health
education, access to quality
healthcare, preventative health
care
Issues related to homelessness:
safety and funding for shelters, job
training, domestic violence,
reintegrating into society
Issues related to human rights:
womens rights, childrens rights,
immigrant rights, economic rights,
protection rights, censorship
Issues related to military service
and veterans: family support for
active duty personnel, JROTC
funding, quality healthcare for
veterans
Issues related to sustainability:
eating locally grown food, ethical
trade, recycling, renewable
energy, pollution and waste
management, carbon footprints
Issues related to technology: cyber
security and internet policy,
education/learning technology,
children and the internet,
regulations

Volunteer at a soup
kitchen or
homeless shelters
in Charlotte,
McKinney-Vento
Volunteer at a
womans shelter

Co-ops, farms