Research Paper

There are a whole lot of things I could research, so I'm having somewhat of a hard time figuring out what topic to choose. Most of the topics I've thought of have much to do with my childhood. Until I was about 10, I was homeschooled, along with my school-aged siblings. Then we became expatriates, first in Brunei (a tiny country in South East Asia), and then in Holland. Throughout my childhood, my family has always been very musical; we have practiced together, performed together, and generally bonded over music. So some of the topics I'm thinking of are:

-How music affects family bonds, or how music affects the development of children

-The effectiveness and lifelong effects of being homeschooled

-Lifelong effects of living outside one's home country

All of these would be extremely interesting to look into. Researching music and development would be very useful for me as a private music teacher. I will research homeschooling extensively at some point, because I would like to homeschool my children. It would be fascinating to find out how similar my experiences have been with other expats, and to gain perspective on how much of who I am is because of having lived abroad.

But I could take a historical perspective. I have ancestors who were in the first settlements at Plymouth, and an epic poem, the Courtship of Miles Standish by Hendry Wadsworth Longfellow, was written about two of my ancestors. That could be a great jumping-off point for a historical paper on life in Plymouth, or romance in the 1600s. 

This is going to be a tough decision.

UPDATE:
For now, I'm going with the historical option. I've done some research into the story of John And Priscilla Alden (my ancestors who lived in Plymouth and feature in Longfellow's poem), and they had an extremely interesting story, at least according to the poem.
I could possibly discuss how accurate the poem is in retelling the actual story, or I could research romance in the 1600s, and how important it was. I think the second one sounds a bit more interesting.