Turnkey Lessons for Quarantine

The DBQ Project is here to help. We know that providing meaningful lessons for quarantined students can be a real challenge for teachers and school systems. This is why the DBQ Project has put together shorter turnkey lessons, which focus on document analysis. With directions and scaffolding embedded, students will be able to complete these assignments independently.

• Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? (From American Mini-Qs, Vol 1)
• How Should Andrew Carnegie Be Remembered? (From American Mini-Qs, Vol 2)
• How Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt? (From World Mini-Qs, Vol 1)
• Samurai vs Knights: Where the Similarities Greater Than the Differences? (From World Mini-Qs, Vol 2)
• Latin American Independence: Why Did the Creoles Lead the Fight? (From World Mini-Qs, Vol 3)
• Is Gentrification Good for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside? (From Mini-Qs in Geography)
• Is College Worth It? (From Mini-Qs in Economics)

• Choose from lessons is Civics, Economics, World Geography, and American & World History
• All lessons are derived from the full DBQ units provided in the DBQ Project library.
  
• Each lesson feature a background Essay and three documents.
• Emphasis is placed on close reading and document analysis rather than essay writing.
• Students are called on to annotate the readings to demonstrate their thinking.
• A 4-point document analysis rubric is provided.
• Lessons are complimentary for DBQ Online subscribers

Co-Director of Professional Development and Partnerships

Email: mollie@dbqproject.com