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DBQ’s. Document Based Questions. Document Based Questions. Use historical documents, maps, charts, graphs and political cartoons. They make an effort to make all students ask critical questions that lead to more critical questions. DBQ’s also….
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DBQ’s Document Based Questions
Document Based Questions • Use historical documents, maps, charts, graphs and political cartoons. • They make an effort to make all students ask critical questions that lead to more critical questions.
DBQ’s also….. • Blend critical thinking with writing into specific unit topics. • The 5 strands of the Social Studies arealso addressed within the assignments. • Each unit also asks an essential question that is central to the unit that thestudent will attempt to answer during the writing component.
The Process…. • Starts with a “hooking” document. • The documents and assignments are geared to get students to formulate their own ideas as they hit the writing process. • The assignments are meant to be collaborative in nature and can easily be modified to fit student/teacher needs.
Pre-bucketing • This process begins with brain storming the potential factors that could help explain the essential question.
Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonies die? Relations w/ Indians Settler Skills Environmental Problems
The Process…… • Students are encouraged to share their ideas about the documents throughout the whole process. There isn’t necessarily a wrong answer and opinions will vary. • After viewing the rest of the documents and takes notes/discussion students will do their buckets and chicken footing(road mapping).
Colonists died in Jamestown for three main reasons.