Suggested Topics for Research for English 2120


Queen Boudicca

Guy Fawkes

Dick Turpin

St. George

St. Michael's Mount

Robin Hood

Flying Dutchman

The Grey Lady

Spring-Heeled Jack

Lady Godiva

Jack the Ripper

Pearly Kings and Queens

Hadrian's Wall

The "English Identity"

Christopher Wren

Robert Adam

Lancelot "Capability" Brown

Thomas Chippendale

Grinling Gibbons

William Morris

Josiah Wedgwood

Inigo Jones

Cecil Rhodes

Thomas Burberry

The Anglican Church

The English Pub

Punch and Judy

The Crystal Palace

Celtic Chalk Hill Figures

Stone Circles

Well Dressing

British Sports: Football (Soccer), Rugby, Polo, Cricket

Wimbledon

Henley Royal Regatta

Royal Ascot

Boxing Day

Pantomime

Savile Row




Suggested Projects for English 2120


Presentation of British Cookery

Stage Adaptation of One of the Works Covered in the Course

Demonstration of the Custom of Taking Tea

Presentation of the Differences in American and British English

Explanation of the British Educational System

Presentation of British Music

Presentation of British Fashion

Presentation of British Contributions to Children's Literature

Explanation of the British Monetary System

Presentation of Exemplary British Media

Explanation of the British Transportation System

Presentation of Various British Entertainments

Design a Coat of Arms for yourself or a figure from British culture and explain the design

Design a MySpace™profile for a figure from British culture

Create a Medieval Book of Days

Illustrate a work we've studied and explain your illustration

Retell a work we've studied from a different point of view



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