History has a relationship with memory.

How do we know if there is a significant difference between what happened and how we remember what happened?

Advertising influences public opinion and public opinion influences advertising.

1. How do smoking ads influence people's attitudes towards smoking? 2. How do advertisers analyze public opinion to create the most persuasive ads?

How we see things is related to our knowledge and experiences.

How does point-of-view affect understanding of historical events?

Interaction leads to cooperation and conflict.

How do responses to disease change over time?

The environment and technology both expand and constrain choice.

How do environmental factors and new technologies influence the growth of communities?

What role did Virginians play in founding the United States?

Westward migration was influenced by geography and economic opportunity.

How did the California Gold Rush affect the United States and the lives of ordinary people?

Resources influence the development of communities.

Do seekers often find things?

Some things change while other things stay the same.

How was life different in the past?

People react to inequity.

How did Colonists spread their ideas about colonial independence?

Architecture is based primarily on mathematical concepts and principles.

How does math relate to buildings and structures in the United States?

Symbols help us understand our values.

How do these symbols describe America?

Sports change over time.

How does technology change sports?

American Indians were involved in each step of the history of the North American continent.

Where is the American Indian in American History?

Art expresses ideas.

What do these artworks reveal about life during the Great Depression?

A system of checks and balances keeps government accountable to the public.

Can people be trusted to govern themselves?