Tailor-Made "Micro-Qs"
Same DBQ Process, with Fewer Documents
Adjusting to the World of Remote Learning
- Mollie Hackett, The DBQ Project
Lessons by Grade-Level
- Original Question: Photographing the Dust Bowl and Japanese Internment: What Is Dorothea Lange Saying?
- Modified Question: Photographing Japanese Internment: What Was Dorothea Lange Arguing?
Includes:
same hook activity
shortened background essay,
2 documents
a 2-paragraph writing task.
- Original Question: Money or Power: What Was the Main Reason for the Boston Tea Party?
- Modified Question: The Boston Tea Party: Why Did the Colonist Dump the Tea?
Includes:
- new hook activity
- shortened background essay
- 2 documents
- a 2-paragraph writing activity
Same Question: The Great Wal of China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
Includes:
- same hook activity
- same background essay
- 2 documents
- a 2-paragraph writing activity
Original Prompt: Mansa Musa's Hajj: A Personal Journal
Modified Question: Mansa Musa's Hajj: How Did It Change Mali's Relationship with the World?
Includes:
- new hook activity
- modified background essay
- 2 documents
- a one-paragraph writing activity
Tips for Creating Your Own Micro-Q in DBQ Online
Original Prompt: Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico?
Modified Question: A Matter of Perspective: Was the US Justified in Going to War with Mexico?
Includes:
- same hook activity
- same background essay
- 2 documents
- a one-paragraph writing activity
Original Prompt: What Was the Driving Force Behind European Imperialism in Africa?
Modified Question: How Did the Industrial Revolution Drive Imperialism in Africa?
Includes:
- same hook activity
- modified background essay
- 2 documents
- a two-paragraph writing activity
Original Prompt: Berlin, Korea, and Cuba: How Did the US Contain Communism?
Modified Question: How Was the Korean War a Manifestation of the Cold War?
Includes:
- same hook activity
- modified background essay
- 1 documents
- a one-paragraph writing activity
12th Grade
Same Question: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
Includes:
- same hook activity
- same background essay
- 4 documents
- a 3-paragraph writing activity