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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please find NewsBank’s December Hot Topics.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This message contains graphics. 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Hot Topics addresses a wide variety of contemporary subjects from around the world related to social studies, science, health, sports, the arts, people and more. These topics are also posted on your NewsBank menu page and search screens, and on the <b>Other NewsBank Products</b> link within NewsBank full-text newspaper products.<br> <br></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HOT TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>December 2011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CURRENT EVENTS RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deficit Super Committee </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the Super Committee, failed to meet its deadline on legislation to reduce the budget deficit. What were the key points that the committee could not agree on? What are the most compelling arguments for each side? What is the difference between the budget deficit and the national debt and what is the amount of money owed in each? What are some effective ways budgets have been able to cover their costs since World War II and what was the economic impact for each? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: deficit AND super committee</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ECONOMICS: AMR Bankruptcy</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines has filed for bankruptcy. What was the cause of their problems and how can filing for bankruptcy help them? How will this impact American Airlines? What possible impact does this have on the economy?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AMR OR American Airlines AND bankruptcy</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ECONOMICS: European Economic Conditions</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The economic problems in Europe are persisting. Austerity measures continue to be the cure of choice, rather than stimulating the economy. What countries have been affected so far and which others are at risk? Will the Euro survive as a multinational currency or will countries return to their old currencies? Have the changes in the Greek and Italian governments shown that national sovereignty has eroded?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Europe AND sovereign debt </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Continued Unrest in Egypt</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Demonstrations broke out in Egypt as the armed forces attempted to institutionalize their political role. Elections are due to happen soon. How did the armed forces react to the protests? What are the complaints about the role of the armed forces? How have attitudes towards their political role shifted since Mubarak left office? Did the elections take place?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Egypt AND demonstrations</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ECONOMICS: Occupy Movement </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The movement to reform the U.S. economic system that started as Occupy Wall Street has become contentious and sometimes violent in some cities. What have been the circumstances for the clashes with law enforcement? Are there political differences between the violent and peaceful Occupy demonstrations and if so what are they?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Occupy AND (protest OR demonstration)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: NBA Labor Agreement </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The team owners and players of the National Basketball Association have come to a tentative agreement ending a lockout that has lasted nearly five months. What were the terms of the agreement and which side do you think benefits the most from it and why? What has been the impact of the lockout on the playing schedule and what adjustments do teams have to make?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: NBA AND lockout AND (agreement OR deal)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Death from the Air</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A NATO helicopter attack killed over 20 Pakistani troops and prompted complaints and reactions from the Pakistani government. What are their concerns about how NATO is conducting this war? How long standing are these concerns? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pakistan AND NATO AND helicopters </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SOCIAL STUDIES RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2012 Presidential Race </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are now leading the polls in the Republican primaries. What are the similarities and differences between these two candidates on government policy? What are the high and low points in the public careers for each?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Newt Gingrich OR Mitt Romney</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>End of an Era</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as Italian prime minister. Why did he resign? What were some of his notable achievements in office? What were some of the controversies that surrounded him over the years?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Silvio Berlusconi AND resignation</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>Civics, Government and Politics: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elections in the Congo</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elections are being held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the office of the president and parliamentary seats are at stake. This is the largest country in Africa. What are some of the logistical problems in running an election in an underdeveloped country? What are the changes in the election laws that could affect the outcome of this election? Who is running for president?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Congo AND elections</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CRIME AND LAW: Taliban Ceasefire</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Pakistani Taliban have declared a ceasefire. It is unclear if the notoriously factional group will be able to sustain this ceasefire while they negotiate with the government. What are they hoping to prove with the ceasefire? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pakistani Taliban AND ceasefire</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CRIME AND LAW: Neo-Nazi Crime Spree</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Socialist Underground may have been responsible for the deaths of several Turks and other non-Germans over the past decade. Two of its members were found dead, apparently suicides. What other crimes are they alleged to have committed? Who has been arrested? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(National Socialist Underground OR neo-Nazis) AND Germany</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CRIME AND LAW: New York Bomb Plot </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: U.S. citizen Jose Pimentel, also known as Muhammad Yusuf, has been arrested for planning to set off bombs in New York City. What were Pimentel’s motives and what is his background? What other homegrown terrorist plots have been discovered and stopped in recent years and what were the motivations in those cases?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Jose Pimentel</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ECONOMICS: Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership was a proposal pushed by President Obama and is now an agreement to advance free trade in the Asian-Pacific region. How specifically does this agreement advance trade? What aspects of this agreement have been praised and criticized and why?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Trans-Pacific Partnership OR Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ECONOMICS: Black Friday and Cyber Monday </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Traditional Christmas shopping days after Thanksgiving have been named Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What are some unique aspects of each this year? How are these used as indicators of our economic season and how specifically do they impact the stock market?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Black Friday AND Cyber Monday</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EDUCATION: Robotics Education</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teams of high school students travelled to Abu Dhabi for the World Robot Olympiad, where they competed against each other. This is the first time the Olympiad has been held outside the Far East. What was the theme of the competition? How many countries entered and how many teams? Who devised this competition and what did he see as its ultimate goal?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>World Robot Olympiad</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EDUCATION: Job Skills Program </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: President Obama has initiated a partnership program called Skills for America’s Future that attempt to link businesses with community colleges as a workforce network. What are some specific ways in which this is designed? How is it working so far?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Skills for America’s Future</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HISTORY: Modern Humans in Europe</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Recent work on some previously excavated fossils have pushed the dating of modern humans back to nearly 44,000 years ago. How was this research done? What tests were used to determine the dating of the remains? With the new dates, how long did modern humans co-exist with Neanderthals? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Homo sapiens AND Europe </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SOCIAL ISSUES: Turkey and the Kurds</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Prime Minister of Turkey has apologized to the Kurdish people for killings that occurred in the late 1930s. What are the relations between the Kurds and the Turkish state in the present day? What domestic political considerations led to this apology? Is there a likelihood that this step will lead to an apology to the Armenians?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Turkey AND (Kurds OR Armenians) AND apology</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SOCIAL ISSUES: World Cultural Heritage </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UNESCO has named several traditions to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage items. What do they mean by Intangible Cultural Heritage? Which traditions have they honored by their inclusion in this list? What other traditions seem likely candidates for this honor?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Intangible Cultural Heritage</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SOCIAL ISSUES: Mississippi Personhood Referendum </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: An effort to give human embryos legal human status, called the personhood movement was tested and failed in a Mississippi public referendum vote. When and how did the personhood movement begin? What are the most compelling arguments for and against this cause? What groups are aligned for and against this movement?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Mississippi AND personhood</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SCIENCE AND HEALTH RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ENVIRONMENT: Electric Car Charging Stations </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: New Jersey leads a trend on the eastern seaboard in building electric car charging stations. How does the charger work and what limitations do electric cars have compared to ones that run on gasoline? How many electric cars are now in the United States?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: electric cars AND charging stations</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ENVIRONMENT: Kyoto Protocol </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It is reported that Canada is considering formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol after the current rounds of talks in Durban, South Africa, are completed. What is the Kyoto Protocol? What are Canada’s complaints about it? What are the counterarguments about its value?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kyoto Protocol AND Canada</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HEALTH: Deadly Anniversary</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The AIDS epidemic is reported to be stabilized worldwide, that is rates of infection are remaining steady. At 2.7 million new cases a year, the threat of disease remains great. 2011 marks the 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary of it being identified by the CDC. Where is the disease most prevalent? What treatments seem to be working? What does new research say about its origins?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AIDS AND epidemic</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HEALTH: School Vaccinations </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: In up to 8 states, up to 5% of kindergarteners are not getting their vaccinations. What is the reason for this and why is it happening mainly in certain states? What have been some concerns in the past about vaccinations?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: vaccinations AND (kindergarten OR students)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HEALTH: 90 Year Olds </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Research shows that there is a far more likely chance now that people will live to 90 years or older. What has extended the human life span in the past several decades? What are the various impacts on society of having an increasingly elderly population?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: 90 AND old AND age</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Rocket to Mars</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: A mock mission to Mars ended without participants killing one another. Six astronauts spent 520 days in windowless modules to simulate the length and some of the other conditions of a manned space flight to the red planet. What were they hoping to find out by this exercise? Did they consider it a success? What happened the first time this exercise was undertaken</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mars AND manned spaceflight AND simulation</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: New Mars Rover </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: A new, larger Mars rover called the Mars Science Laboratory is being launched. What is the mission of this rover? How long is its mission and what are the major risks it faces?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Mars Science Laboratory AND rover</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: Tony Stewart </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: NASCAR race car driver Tony Stewart has won this year’s Sprint Cup Series. Whose streak did he break? What is unusual about his win that hasn’t taken place since Alan Kulwicki won the Cup Series Championship? What have been some high points in his career?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Tony Stewart AND NASCAR</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: Sir Alex Ferguson</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: It is the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Sir Alex Ferguson being the head of Manchester United. What championships has he won with the team? What individual honors has he won? How was his anniversary marked by the club?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Sir Alex Ferguson AND anniversary</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: Davis Cup </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: It is Spain vs. Argentina in the Davis Cup finals. Who are the better players for each team? How did they get to the Cup finals? What is the Davis Cup and what is its history?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: (Spain OR Argentina) AND Davis Cup</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: David Beckham</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: British footballer David Beckham has concluded his career with the Los Angeles Galaxy by winning the MLS cup. It was claimed he would increase U.S. interest in professional soccer when he signed his contract. Did he reach the heights predicted for him in Major League Soccer? What are his options for the future? What might keep him in Southern California?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: David Beckham</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: Texas A&M Changes Athletic Conferences </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Texas A&M will be leaving the Big 12 Conference and joining the Southeastern Conference. What other teams are changing conferences and what impact does this have on college football? What classic rivalry will be altered due to this move?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Texas A&M AND Big 12</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SPORTS: Justin Verlander </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Justin Verlander, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, was voted this year’s MVP for the American League. Why is it rare for a pitcher to be voted MVP? What are his major strengths as a pitcher?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Justin Verlander</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ARTS AND LITERATURE RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FILM AND TELEVISION: All-American Muslim </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The Learning Channel has launched a new reality TV show called All-American Muslim that follows different Muslim-American families in Dearborn, Michigan. What are some of the issues that these families face? What are some ways that these families change to accommodate western culture and what do they not change?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: All-American Muslim</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FILM AND TELEVISION: Ken Russell</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Ken Russell was a British television and film director. What was striking about his documentaries on artists and musicians? What feature films did he direct?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Ken Russell</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FILM AND TELEVISION: Hungry Hobos</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: A lost early Disney cartoon has been found in a British film archive. The cartoon, Hungry Hobos, stars Oswald the Rabbit, and will be auctioned off. Why was Oswald the Rabbit important in Disney’s career? What character did he foreshadow? What type of films does the archive specialize in?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Oswald the Rabbit AND Hungry Hobos AND Walt Disney</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FINE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: Ai Weiwei</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei is being given money by thousands of people to help pay off his tax bill after the government claimed that he owes millions. Why is China claiming that he has evaded taxes? Does this mass action have any political implications beyond support for him? What does the government think of these donations?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Ai Weiwei AND taxes</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FINE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: Leonardo in London</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: There is a major Leonardo da Vinci show in London that is highlighting his years in Milan. Nine of his paintings and many of his drawings from that period have been loaned to this show. When was he in Milan? What was he doing there? What paintings are in the show?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Leonardo da Vinci AND exhibition</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LITERATURE: Steve Jobs Biography</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Journalist and writer Walter Issacson has written a biography of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. What are some of the key revelations about Jobs in this book? What are some of his other books and what are the key points in them?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Steve Jobs AND Walter Issacson</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LITERATURE: Anne McCaffrey</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Anne McCaffrey was the creator and author of the Dragonriders of Pern novels. What is the premise of the novels? What awards did she win? Who has she been collaborating with her in the past decade?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Anne McCaffrey</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PERFORMING ARTS: David Hallberg</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: American David Hallberg has been named a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. What was his road to this position? Have other Americans danced for this ballet?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Bolshoi Ballet AND David Hallberg</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PERFORMING ARTS: Taylor Swift </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the major winner of both the Country Music Awards and American Music Awards. What are the qualities of her music that have been praised? How did she start out in the music business and what have been the highest points in her career?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Taylor Swift</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE RESEARCH TOPICS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Oscar Ramiro Ortega </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Oscar Ramiro Ortega has been charged with an assassination attempt on President Obama. What action had he taken to kill the president? What was the reason he wanted to do this?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Oscar Ramiro Ortega</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Joe Frazier </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Smokin Joe Frazier was a winner of the World Heavyweight boxing title. What were some of hiss most famous fights? What were his key strengths and weaknesses as a boxer?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Joe Frazier </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Andy Rooney </span></b></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Andy Rooney was a radio and television writer probably most famous for his cranky commentary spot on the TV program 60 Minutes. What are some of the political or social views that he displayed in his commentary? What different radio and TV programs did he write for?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Andy Rooney</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;background:white"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu led the failed attempt by the Igbo to secede from Nigeria in the 1960s. What was his background? What were the issues that caused the Igbo to want to secede? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu OR Biafra</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;background:white"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Sergio Scaglietti</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Sergio Scaglietti designed the bodywork for many Ferraris. What was his design process? Who did he work with occasionally? What model Ferraris of his design are the most sought after? What makes these the most wanted ones?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Sergio Scaglietti</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Lana Peters</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Josef Stalin’s daughter, Lana Peters, who was known as Svetlana Alliluyeva defected to the West in the mid-1960s. Why did she defect? What was the public reaction to her defection? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEARCH TERMS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Lana Peters OR Svetlana Alliluyeva</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PEOPLE: Tom Wicker </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TOPIC</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Tom Wicker was a journalist and columnist for the New York Times. What are some of his articles that broke the news for key events that became important history? What positions did he take in his columns? 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