North Carolina A-Z Project*

A: Atlantic Ocean, Agriculture, Appalachian Trail

B: Biltmore Estate, Braxton Bragg, Bath, Babe Ruth, Belmont Abbey, Beech Mountain

C: Cape Fear River, the Cardinal, Charlotte, Cumberland County

D: Dogwood, Durham, Virginia Dare

E: Emeralds, Edgecomb County, Dale Earnhardt, Sam Ervin, Eugenics

F: Flag of NC, First in Flight, First English Settlement, Aretha Franklin, Fantasia

G: Grandfather Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains, Greensboro Sit-In, Ava Gardner, Billy Graham

H: Hatteras Lighthouse, High Point, Hanging Rock, Hope Mills

I: Indians, Iredell County, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

J: Andrew Johnson, Jockey’s Ridge State Park, Jordan Lake, Harriet Jacobs, Judaculla Rock

K: Krispy Kreme, Kill Devil Hills, Charles Kuralt, King Charles I,

L: Lumbee River, Lost Colony, Cape Lookout National Seashore

M: Motto, Milk, Mount Mitchell, Miniature Golf, Mecklenburg Declaration, Scotty McCreery

N: Nickname, Battleship North Carolina, Neuse River, NASCAR, National Hollerin’ Contest

O: Outer Banks, Outdoor Dramas, Old Baldy Lighthouse, Old North State

P: Putt-Putt, Pepsi Cola, Arnold Palmer, James K. Polk, Plott Hound, Long Leaf Pine, Plank Roads

Q: Queen Anne’s Revenge, Quillo, Quakers

R: Raleigh, Racial Justice Act, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Robert Ruark

S: Oman Ibn Said, Salisbury Prison, Terry Sanford, Secession, Willam Tecumseh Sherman, Frankie Silver

T: Tarheels, Textile Industry, Tryon Palace, Tariffs, Tuscarora Indians, Randy Travis

U: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, William B. Umstead, Uwharrie National Forest

V: Zebulon Baird Vance, Venus Flytrap, Giovanne da Verrazzano,

W: War of 1711-1715, Wright Brothers, White Lake, Doc Watson

X: X-rays, XYZ Affair, Xuala Indians, John Demetrius Xanthos

Y: Yams, Yadkin River, Fort York, Yonaguska

Z: Asheboro Zoo, Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf

*Students will need to research these topics to complete the assignment.