7th Grade Research Topics

7th Grade Research Topics 

This is a list of possible topics for you to research.  You can decide to research something different, but it must be related to the 17th Century and to the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.  If you decide to come up with your own topic, you must get it approved by Ms. Watkins or Ms. Williams.

1. Role of women in the 17th Century
2. Music  in the 17th Century
3. Clothing of the 17th Century compared to today's clothing
4. Elizabethan views on suicide
5. The social class system of  the 17th Century
6. Family relationships
7. Role of the theater  in the 17th Century
8. Different theaters in Shakespeare's time (Globe and Rose Theaters)
9. Economic concerns of the 17th Century
10. Political concerns of the 17th Century
11. Rules of marriage in the 17th Century
12. Role of parents and children in the 17th Century
13. Jobs of the 17th Century
14. Feuds of the 17th Century
15. Key European events that may have influenced the play Romeo and Juliet
16. William Shakespeare's family and early life