Senior Project Proposal
Proposed Topic in the form of an Essential Question:
Can understanding Hitler's flaws and accomplishments help prevent society from stereotyping and judging people based off of only a few actions?
Rationale for Choice
What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it?
History is my favorite subject and I love to read and study the biographies of many historical figures. I enjoy learning about the individual's upbringings, personality, and their input to society. I always view and talk about historical people in an unbiased way. I find it very important that today's society views these historical figures from all aspects, including bad and good.I believe that by doing this, people will no longer judge others based off of just one action, but start evaluating them based on all their typical human actions. This can lead to less stereotyping in the world. And I think that the most suitable person to defend this topic is Adolf Hitler. He has his flaws, but he also has his positive contributions.
What do you already know about this subject?
I already know quite a lot about WWI and WW2 and how the environment during this time period allowed the Nazi party to come into power. I also already know about the Holocaust and killings that Hitler allowed to happen just as much as I know about the benevolent factors that he performed to help society.
What are you hoping to learn about the subject?
I would like to learn if understanding one person's flaws and accomplishments can really change the way one person views everybody else.
What are you most interested in regarding the topic?
Im curious to see if people agree with my proposal and if not why or if they do agree I would like to know why as well. And I would like to find out if people find my topic interesting.
What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project?
The most challenging aspect for my topic is finding an appropriate place to do my community service. I hope that a museum of history can provide that opportunity because I would really like to keep my topic. Another thing I am concerned about is the audience/classroom's reaction to my topic when I present in front of class. Im afraid that people will think of me as a different person that I'm not because I heard from previous seniors that when they presented their topic they got negative crowd reactions, they were called names such as communist, and that people saw them as a different person that they were not. So I really hope that does not happen to me.
I need some clarification of your topic. Are you trying to say that we judge Hitler overly due to his flaws, but ignore his accomplishments? Or are you trying to say by looking at the way that Hitler judged others we can avoid judgements ourselves? With the second, I don't think there will be anyone who openly disagrees with you. The first, however, will cause some audience contention. I would like to say that all of the seniors in our class are mature enough to handle the issue, but without that, I can promise that I will penalize anyone who calls you names.
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