A Manual For Choosing Good History Essay Topics

History is one of the most wide-ranging subjects that students study in school; however, due to the way in which many schools and educational system set the curriculums, many young people will leave the educational system without having a good grasp of many areas of history.

As a result, it is possible that when trying to think of history topics to write about for your essay, you may be struggling to think of what to write about. The good news is that there are loads of topics to choose from.

Choosing between local, national and international history topics

One of the first things that you need to decide is what geographical region you wish to base your history essay on. For example, you may wish to look at a historical topic from your local area, or you may wish to talk about the history of your country, you may even wish to look at the history of any other country or countries around the globe.

Selecting an era of history to write about

Having narrowed down which geographical area you wish to use for your history topic, you will then need to establish what era of history it is that you wish to research and write about. For example, if you decided to base your paper on British history then you may wish to use a topic based around the Tudor period, for example.

Using verifiable sources as references

Once you have an idea of the topic and title that you wish to write about, when it actually comes to writing the work you need to be certain that any sources you use for references contain information that is verifiable and accurate.

For a bit of extra inspiration, the following list includes historical topics from different eras and different geographical areas.

  • Is it true that the winner of wars writes the history book?
  • Which US president had the greatest impact on the country?
  • What can the United States learn when looking at past fallen empires?
  • Which empire was the most powerful of all time?
  • Leonardo da Vinci – the greatest man that has ever lived
  • Discuss the tactics used by the Soviet army in the Second World War
  • What is the greatest example of a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle in a real life war?
  • Was the Vietnam War worth it for the United States?
  • What is man’s greatest ever achievement?
  • How were the great pyramids of Egypt built?

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