For my A-level History course we have to start thinking about our individual assignment basically you make up your own question about any topic and do an essay on it in controlled conditions after an extended period of research of course.

I was just wondering what you guys would choose? Preferably something which hasn't been over done e.g. Vietnam or WW2.

Civil war. revolutionary.

Modern Greek and German History.

20,000 Greeks fought in the Russian Civil War. Against the Bolsheviks of course.

Just a few ideas for you

Early - mid nineties. Russia - eastern Europe. Shit was straight up exploding w/ organized crime. After the USSR dissolved and Russia opened up it's controlled economy and its borders, shit was like a shark feeding frenzy.

That's what I would do... or actually it's what I did for my paper, heh.

Post-colonial Africa

European Rennaisance.
19th Century British Empire
WW2-HOMEFRONT

I would choose today. 2000 - 2008. Give it 2 years and ill say 2000 - 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Bush_War

Don't do wars where the US was involved; that's ghey and you'll have people grading your paper that actually know what happened. Do you think the graders know about the Rhodesian Bush War? They'll just get on Wikipedia and read barely enough to grade your paper while you can essentially read the wiki, a few encyclopedias, and bullshit the rest. It teaches you a lot about historical patterns too.

Post-colonial Africa

This.

And if not... revolutions are fun. French, Russian, Cuban?

If it were me, I'd probly choose Russian, because I know ass-loads about Russia from the Decembrists, to the end of the Civil War.

However if it weren't for this bias, the Cuban revolution is interesting as hell. I'd say, Cuba from the 20's to the 60's. This will allow you to cover Mafia run Havana all the way to the Bay of Pigs or even the Cuban missle crisis, and everything that happened in between.

Middle Eastern History, 1948- 1972

that is, between the Israeli war of independence and the Yom Kippur conflict

Eastern Europe - mid-90's.
China - 18th/19th centuries.
Chechnya - recent history.

The War of the Currents

Edison vs Westinghouse

Speculate about what would have happened if Edison had won.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1778846892354669668

DT

The War of the Currents

Edison vs Westinghouse

Speculate about what would have happened if Edison had won.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1778846892354669668

DT

that was good. But if I remember correctly, wasn't Tesla behind Westinghouse's success?

For my A-level History course we have to start thinking about our individual assignment basically you make up your own question about any topic and do an essay on it in controlled conditions after an extended period of research of course.

I was just wondering what you guys would choose? Preferably something which hasn't been over done e.g. Vietnam or WW2.

I raped the shit out of my individual assignment, did it on the battle of Stalingrad and got 100% woot!
You should just do it on something that interests you, I found a military history topic nice because i just argued the reasons for Red Army victory and that had a simple structure, I highly recommend the eastern front as not that many people focus on it at A-Level and its really interesting, but really you need to be interested in the topic as you'll have to do a fair amount of reading.

that was good. But if I remember correctly, wasn't Tesla behind Westinghouse's success?

Yes.

Historians make a big deal out of the wars but technology is affecting us more than the wars now.

The technology now provides a terrain for a global mind war. Change people's thinking by changing what they know. With correct information even.

DT

Modern Southern America

Russian Civil War

The Byzantine Empire and/or their relationship with the Vikings.

Any kind of intellectual history.

Once you start studying intellectual movements in history, the events just fall into place.

Middle East, history of religion, USSR, US history, etc. It's all good.

The Enlightenment or the Roaring Twenties.

There is a lot to still learn about Vietnam or to atleast talk about. Most people don't want to talk about it, though, because of their experiences. It's always nice to talk to a vet. Just about anyone in his/her 60s/50s had experienced the days of Vietnam. I think another thing that is coming back to light is more discussion about the Cold War. However, were I to be eccentric and have plenty of knowledge about it already, it would be nice to talk about the Gulf War.

When I did my last paper it was about George Washington vs. Horatio Gates. I argued that George Washington was the better person for the job.