Virginia Tech Common Book Project: The Other Wes Moore: Developing Your Topic
Developing Your Topic
Themes
Are you having a hard time coming up with a topic for your research?
The Other Wes Moore touches on many issues that would make for interesting and engaging research projects.
Some possible themes to consider include:
- education inequality / the school-to-prison pipeline
- select possible keywords:
- schools, race, criminal justice policy, educational attainment, environmental factors, urban schools, education reform, at risk youth, education system
- schools, race, criminal justice policy, educational attainment, environmental factors, urban schools, education reform, at risk youth, education system
- select possible keywords:
- race and social inequity / concentrated poverty
- select possible keywords:
- wealth gap, redlining, housing policy, environmental racism, mass incarceration
- wealth gap, redlining, housing policy, environmental racism, mass incarceration
- select possible keywords:
- gang violence
- select possible keywords:
- crime, youth and violence, identity development, juvenile violent behavior
- crime, youth and violence, identity development, juvenile violent behavior
- select possible keywords:
- single motherhood
- select possible keywords:
- single parents, single mother, adolescent mothers, absentee fathers, custody, poverty, household, maternal identity, parenting, caregiver, family structure
- select possible keywords:
Search Google Scholar!
Google Scholar will connect you with VT Libraries resources--look for the "Get VText" link to the right of each item that you find through Google Scholar.