Common Essay Topics with Subtopics

• Art
 censorship of art and artists
 creativity
 art at school
• the benefits of art for individuals and society
 funding
• Business & Money
 small vs. large business
 international business
 family run business
 management and leadership
 success in business
 business and technology
 skills vs knowledge for business
 materialism and consumerism
• Communication & Personality
 technology and communication
 family and communication
 face to face vs long distance communication
 types of communication
 the development of character and personality
 innate or developed personalities
 female / male characters
• Crime & Punishment
 prisons vs rehabilitation
 capital punishment vs other types of punishment
 criminals - what makes a criminal
 major vs minor crime
 crime and technology
 teenagers and crime
 role of policemen
 men and women in law enforcement
• Economics
 cash vs credit cards
 saving vs spending
 globalisation and economy
 world economic issues
 economic progress and success
 Education
 children and education
 relevant subjects
 education and technology
 role of teachers
 discipline and rules in school
 single-sex schools
 uniforms
 funding
 educational aid to poorer countries
 Environment
 animals
 protection of endangered species
 zoos
 environmental problems
 saving the environment & solving problems
 government vs individual roles
 Family & Children
 family roles
 family size
 the generation gap
 discipline
 role models
 family and education
 Food
 health diets
 education of diet
 traditional vs modern diets
 fast food
 children and diet
 Health
 prevention vs cure
 funding
 health and education
 poor countries and rich countries
 health aid
 dealing with global epidemics
 hospitals and treatment
 obesity
  exercise and health
 Language
 having only one language in the world
 methods of language learning
 travel and language
 the disappearance of languages
 language and culture
 Media & Advertising
 censorship, control and freedom of speech
 advertising methods
 children and advertising
 media and technology
 news & reporting
 Other Common Essay Topics
 Space Exploration
 Water and Oceans
 Change or Moving vs Stability and Constancy
 Reading
 paper books vs ebooks
 children and reading
 books in education
 libraries
 reading and leisure
 Technology
 controlling the internet
 socialising online
 children and technology (safety)
 the change in society
 letter vs email
 storing data
 safety of personal information
 hacking
 Transport
 development of infrastructure
 comparing forms of transport
 problems with modern forms of transport
 environmental issues
 Travel
 culture and travel
 understanding people and travel
  living in a global world
 Society
 over population
 poverty
 homeless people
 crime on the streets
 modern life styles
 budget spending
 public services
 Sport
 professionals vs amateurs
 salary
 equipment
 sport and learning
 sport as a school subject
 men vs women in sport
 types of sport
 Work
 shift work
 women in work
 types of jobs (blue collar / white collar)
 children and exploitation
 part time work
 work and technology
 employment
 salary
 equality