Select any topic that relates to the time period 1500-present, in European or world history. This can be a specific person (Isaac Newton, Queen Victoria, Mahatma Ghandi, Catherine the Great, etc); a battle in a war (Battle of Britain, Battle of Waterloo, etc); a topic of social or scientific history (technology of war in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries; changes in medical technology; pets; hair-styles; clothing; technology of bathrooms; Great Exhibition of 1851, etc). The only requirement is that a) it be within the time frame covered by the course (17th-20th centuries in Europe (For example, if you tell me, “Julius Caesar wore a wreath on his head to cover up his bald spot,” tell me where you got this from:(Smith, John, Personal Conversations with Caesar, pg. 37).
