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Help with Finding Topics for Class Assignments

Finding a Topic

Browse a Website

One way to find a topic is to browse websites specific to your area of interest.  Go to any of the websites below and look for articles and headlines on something that interests you.  While most of these articles will not provide in depth information, they can be a great starting point, inspiring you to explore a topic or issue in more depth.

Stream Videos and Podcasts

Watch a documentary or video on a topic that interests you.  As you watch, note names of people who are interviewed or discussed, places visited and issues explored.  Doing this can help you take the next step in focusing your topic and exploring it in more depth.

Sport, Recreation and Leisure Topics

  • aerobics
  • amusement parks
  • archery
  • arenas
  • athletic clubs
  • athletic injuries 
  • athletics scouts
  • auto racing
  • badminton
  • ballroom dancing
  • baseball
  • basketball
  • the BCS 
  • bicycling
  • billiards
  • bird watching
  • board games
  • boxing
  • bungee jumping
  • camping
  • card games
  • cartoons
  • checkers
  • cheerleading
  • chess
  • children's games
  • children's museums
  • climbing
  • clogging
  • coaching
  • collecting: a mania?
  • comedy clubs
  • comic strips
  • computer games
  • concussions 
  • cribbage
  • cross-country skiing
  • crossword puzzle construction
  • cruise industry
  • dance 
  • decathlon
  • deep-sea diving
  • dice
  • dog sleds
  • dolls
  • drunken fans
  • ecotourism
  • effect of exercise on stress, health, aging, etc. 
  • ego in sport
  • exercise machines
  • fencing
  • field hockey
  • fighting in hockey & other sports 
  • fishing & crabbing
  • flying for fun
  • football
  • gliding
  • golf
  • gyms
  • handball
  • hang gliding
  • hiking the Appalachian Trail
  • history of the hammock
  • hockey
  • horse racing
  • hot tubs
  • ice fishing
  • ice skating
  • in-line skating
  • jai alai
  • jogging
  • jump ropes
  • kayaks, canoes & rafts
  • kites
  • lacrosse
  • land conservation and recreation
  • long-distance bicycling
  • marathons
  • martial arts
  • math in sports
  • Monopoly
  • national parks
  • Nauticus
  • NCAA rules violations 
  • nutrition in schools 
  • Olympics
  • online gaming
  • outdoor recreation
  • pay for college athletes 
  • pentathlon
  • physical education 
  • ping pong
  • pitching rules in Little League
  • play, role in child development 
  • pole vault
  • polo
  • pool
  • pursuing the puck
  • racism in sports
  • racquetball
  • rails for trails
  • rappelling
  • rowing
  • running: pros & cons
  • sailing competitions
  • SCUBA diving
  • shuffleboard
  • skate boarding
  • skiing on water & snow
  • sky diving
  • sledding & tobogganing
  • snorkeling
  • snowboarding
  • soccer
  • social history of croquet
  • softball
  • spas
  • Special Olympics 
  • stationary bikes
  • steroid use among athletes
  • street racing
  • stretching & other warm-ups
  • surfing & surfboards
  • swimming
  • table games
  • tailgating 
  • tennis
  • terrorism--effect on leisure activities
  • theme parks
  • Title IX and gender equity in sports
  • tops, yo-yos and other classic toys
  • track & field events
  • trainers
  • trampolines
  • travel
  • triathlons 
  • TV watching
  • violence in sport
  • volleyball
  • war--effect on athletics
  • weight lifting
  • wind surfing
  • women athletes
  • women's sports
  • workouts
  • wrestling