Speech Topic Ideas

A list of possible speech topic ideas are posted online to help students formulate their own speeches.

Possible Speech Topics

  • Abortion
  • Academic Dishonesty
  • Addiction
  • Adoption Laws
  • Age Discrimination
  • Affirmative Action
  • AIDS/HIV
  • Animal Rights
  • Art Education in Schools
  • Bilingual Education
  • Biological and Chemical Weapons
  • Birth Control
  • Body Piercings
  • Buying Local Movement
  • Campus Issues
  • Capital Punishment
  • Cell Phone Usage
  • Child Labor Laws
  • Civil Rights
  • Climate Change
  • Dependence on Foreign Oil
  • Distracted Driving
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drones
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Drunk Driving
  • Eating Disorders
  • Election Laws
  • Embryonic Research
  • Endangered Species
  • Euthanasia
  • Food Borne Illnesses
  • Foster Care System
  • Foreign Language Requirements
  • Genocide
  • Global Warming
  • Gun Control
  • Hate Crime Acts
  • Health Care Policy
  • Helping the Homeless
  • Homeschooling Education
  • Human Cloning
  • Illegal Immigration
  • Internet Chat Rooms
  • Internet Censorship
  • Juveniles Tried as Adults
  • Legalization of Marijuana
  • LGBT Community and Rights
  • Middle East Peace Process
  • National Drinking Age
  • Nanotechnology
  • Organized Crime
  • Organic Farming
  • Overpopulation
  • Pesticides
  • Piracy
  • Polygamy
  • Poverty in Inner Cities
  • Prison Practices
  • Racism
  • Reality T.V.
  • Religion in Schools
  • Recycling
  • Right to Strike/Work
  • Sex Education
  • Social Networking
  • Space Exploration
  • Spying/Intelligence Gathering
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Television Censorship
  • Terrorism
  • Tobacco use in the U.S
  • Urban Planning
  • Video Game Effects
  • War on Drugs Campaign
  • Woman Ministers
  • World Trade
  • Youth Activism