Lingo - Lango for Social Studies Learning: Are you into DBQ's?

Document Based Questions (DBQ) assess the ability of each student to work with historical sources in multiple forms.  The DBQ requires many of the same skills used in developing a research paper - interpreting primary and secondary sources, evaluating sources, considering multiple points of view, using historic evidence, developing and supporting a thesis.

Document-based questions:

• are based on the Social Studies Learning Standards, themes and concepts.
• focus on critical thinking skills and ask students to make comparisons, draw analogies, apply knowledge to the given data, and require students to apply historic analysis.
• ask students to take positions on issues or problems and support their conclusions.
• require students to look at issues from multiple perspectives.
• require student to apply skills thy use as adults
• are criterion referenced and employ a scoring rubric.

Check out this site for examples of DBQ's from grade 2-11.  Revise as needed.  Kathy