Wes+Brown+inquiry


 * 1) Blackbeard and piracy is something I find fascinating, especially in regard to North Carolina history. I think an inquiry project based on the impacts that Blackbeard and others like him had on the Carolina cost as well as the eastern seaboard. This type of inquiry would penetrate into that motives of the pirates, their lives at sea and then the affects their actions had on the people of North Carolina. This piece could be used when teaching a North Carolina history course, like eighth grade history, but could also correlate into a European history lesson as well as colonization continued to be an issue of the time.
 * 2) The Vietnam war has always been an untold passion of mine that I feel could be another topic for my inquiry project. After taking Honors Lessons of Vietnam/Recent International Relations at Millbrook High in the fall of my senior year in high school I gained a better understanding of the implications the war had on the men fighting in Vietnam as well as the implications that the war had on society in the United States. I want to investigate what happened to the men and women when they came home from the war. Through research as well as interviewing a Vietnam veteran I hope to gain a better understanding of the men and women during the post Vietnam era. Some starting points would be investigating PTSD affects and other disorders, economic troubles of the men and their displacement in society.
 * 3) Other Ideas
 * Russian Revolution
 * French Revolution
 * Mayberry, North Carolina's development and impact from the popularization of Andy Griffith show
 * The Biltmore family and their impact on American society including: architecture, business, etc.
 * The Biltmore family and their impact on American society including: architecture, business, etc.

Possible Questions
 * What was the impact of piracy on the coastline of North Carolina?
 * Did piracy of Eastern states affect other areas of the United States?

Update:
 * What is the history of the Biltmore Estate in terms of its grandeur and presence in American society?

Sources: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/alad:@band(Olmsted+Frederick+Law) http://www.biltmore.com/our_story/our_history/default.asp http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/Biltmore_Estate/Biltmore_Estate_history.php

Biltmore Estate Draft



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