Elementary:
- How has our neighborhood (the South Street Seaport) changed over time? – geography/history (New York)
- Did kids in the past live like me? – history (South Carolina)
Middle:
- Why has Darien, Illinois been a “Nice Place to Live”? – art (Illinois)
- Have we got what it takes (to develop economically)? – economics (Georgia, Pam Rickman)
- What causes communities to change over time? – geography (North Carolina – Katharine Zamarra)
- Did the transition to an industrial economy benefit South Carolinians? – history (South Carolina)
- How did the California Gold Rush of 1849 lead to the Chinese Immigration and Exclusion Act of 1882? – history (California)
- How did the mills in South Kingstown shape the town we know today? – history (Rhode Island)
- How did World War One change South Carolina? – history (South Carolina)
- How has child labor impacted the people of Kentucky? – history (Kentucky)
- Is there ever a justifiable reason to break the law? – history (Texas, Sterling Gardner)
- What do you think you would have done during the big shift to cotton mills from farms? – history (South Carolina, Tonya Janicke)
- What happened to Beaumont Mill? – history (South Carolina)
- What were the effects of child labor on juvenile health and well-being in the early 1900s? – history (Alabama)
- What is more important in a song – the music of the lyrics? – music (Massachusetts, Anita Anderson-Cooper)
High:
- How can I impact change on local economic policy? – economics (North Carolina)
- What makes effective propaganda? – English language arts (South Carolina)
- What infrastructure is needed to support or bring business to Marion? – geography (South Carolina, Felecia Scott)
- Can juvenile workers’ rights and financial needs both be protected? – government (Ohio)
- How could the textile industry in Spartanburg be indicative of 19th century turning points in the U.S.? – history (Massachusetts)
- How did the labor movement affect mill workers in Inman? – history (South Carolina)
- What does it mean to be a woman in science? – history (North Carolina, Rachel Lane)
- What was the quality of life for a textile family in the early 1900s? – history (South Carolina)