This document outlines a wide range of common essay topics organized under subject headings including art, business, communication, crime, economics, education, environment, family, food, health, language, media, reading, technology, transport, travel, society, sport, and work. Some of the specific topics listed are censorship of art, small vs large business, face to face vs long distance communication, prisons vs rehabilitation, saving vs spending, education and technology, environmental problems, family roles, fast food, prevention vs cure, language learning, children and advertising, paper books vs ebooks, controlling the internet, comparing forms of transport, culture and travel, modern life styles, professionals vs amateurs in sport, and women in work.

1. 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
 globalization 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

2.  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
 overpopulation
 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