An Introduction to the Special Study

30% of our final grade, this is meant to allow us to develop in depth, specialist knowledge of a topic which interests us, of course, negotiated with Mr. Stewart to make sure we can't fail because the markers don't like our topic.
2000 word count looks very nice, being a long winded person, but I still think that I am going to have to cut mine down in the end to make it fit, and will probably end up with much more information on the topic than I can actually make into this relatively short document.
Graphical material also sounds good, especially the whole 'exempt from word count'  bit. With my expectation of word count issues, this is definitely something to keep in mind.
As usual, sources have to be acknowledged with the Oxford referencing.

really importantly, at least 50% of the special study should be located in the Greco-Roman classical world, suggesting that any other classical world can be studied as well.

Whatever we choose, it's got to be based on one of these:

• any aspect of any topic not studied in class
  ie. the bards (could be interesting), the Trojan War (probably done to death), Mycenaean society (also interesting).
• background materials and extension materials for any topic, including the topic studied in class
  ie. sixth century Sparta or Athens. I could do this, but I would rather do something separate from our topics to prevent any overlap. Where's the fun in finding out stuff you've already been taught?
• any aspect of the classical world not listed in any topic
  this is pretty similar to the first point, so I reckon whatever I choose will fall under either of these two points.
• any aspect of personal interest beyond the classical world, provided that 50% of the discussion is located in the classical world
  would like to avoid this because guaranteeing the whole 50% thing seems like a bit of a bother.
• an aspect of a focus study undertaken in class when used as a comparison with another aspect of the classical world or beyond, provided that the material used from the focus study is not greater than 50%
  as with above, preferable to avoid doing this.