Hannah+Wilson+inquiry

1. I would like to learn more about the Civil War and how it effected North Carolinians. After reading the young adult literature book, Bull Run, I got a glimpse of how different people in the war (soldiers, wives, children, farmers, and slaves) were effected. I would like to know more about how a variety of people were effected by the war. I want to know what they lost, and how they coped with their loss. I also would like to find out how the economy, loss of food, and loss of friends/relatives effected them. I want to know how they struggled through their challenges and continued with their daily lives.

2. I would like to know how the geography in West Africa influences the different cultures found there. I am interested to learn how different the economy, plant life, animal life, weather, etc is different from one country on the coast (Liberia) to one country not located near the coast (Mali). I want to discover the advantages and disadvantages of a particular country's geography.

Possible Questions: 1. How has geography effected the culture, society, and economy of ancient Mali? 2. How did the Civil War affect all different types of North Carolinians including families, soldiers, and slaves?

UNC-CH has an online collection focused on the Civil War homefront in NC.

The collection is online at http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/

Take a look at the introduction at http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/intro.html You will need to narrow your questions, so this intro might help you. Here are a few possible ways to narrow the focus. Scientific progress in NC during the war - http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/science.html Confederate education - http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/education.html An analysis of a diary - http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/homelife.html (We've done considerable work with the diary of Julia Johnson Fisher. She was not from NC, but her story is very interesting).

- Focusing Question: Confederate Education: Civil War Era Resources: http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/education.html

Confederate Education: Civil War Draft









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