Democratizing the DBQ

A System-wide Approach to Historical Thinking and Writing in Grades 4-12

Jackie Migliori jackie@dbqproject.comwww.dbqproject.com

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What words would you choose from this essay to teach one or more of the following?

Word PartsContext Clues

Idioms or Figurative Language

Word Parts: “Commun/ism”

Figurate Language:“iron curtain”

Word Parts:Counter/parts

1. Building Academic Vocabulary (5-10 words per week)2. Number Paragraphs (Text preview)3. Coding the Text (i.e. Strengths/Weaknesses)4. Read aloud (Model Fluency)5. Think aloud (Model thought process)6. Word Parts (prefix, suffix, root words, compound

words)7. Context Clues (Signal Words & Multiple Meanings

Words)8. Idioms/Figurative Language

Part One: Defining Key Terms

Part Two: Identifying the Task

Example #1

Example #2

Example #3

Document Analysis1.What do you see?

2.Where did it come from?

3.What does it mean?– Inferences– Main idea

4.How does this help answer the question?

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Post 1963

• US aids in Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba

• Soviets installs missiles in range to hit most of eastern U.S.

• U.S. quarantines Cuba• Soviets pull Missiles out

and U.S. pulls missiles out of Turkey

Cuban Missile Crisis Map and Timeline

• Soviets don’t want another Bay of Pigs invasion

• US and Soviets almost have military conflict over Cuba

• Compromise was found

Cuban Missile Crisis almost ended in war

One example of containment occurred when the U.S. forced the Soviet Union to pull its missiles out of Cuba in 1963.

Cuba

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Strengthen Democracies

Waging Proxy Wars

Arms Race

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The Berlin Airlift Cuban Missile Crisis

The Korean War

B C D

Containment is clearly demonstrated in the following events:

the Berlin Airlift,

the Korean War,

and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

EVIDENCE

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CLAIM

EXPLAINS HOW EVIDENCE TIES BACK TO

BABY THESIS

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DBQ Reflection: Student Essays

How will your teachers provide

formative feedback to advance their

students’ writing?

FCAT 2.0 Types of Reading TextsTypes of Literary Text Types of Informational Text

Fiction•Short Stories•Poetry•Historical fiction DBQs •Fables make these•Folk tales, tall tales types of texts•Legends accessible and •Myths relevant to•Fantasy students•Drama•Excerpts from longer works

Nonfiction•Biographical & autobiographical sketches•Diaries, memoirs, journals & letters•Essays (personal and classical narratives)•Critiques

Primary Sources/Nonfiction•Historical documents (e.g., Bill of Rights)•Essays (e.g., informational, persuasive, analytical, historical scientific)•Letters, journals, diaries

Secondary Sources/Nonfiction•Magazine articles•Newspaper articles•Editorials•Encyclopedia articles

Functional Materials•Consumer documents (e.g., warranties, manuals, contracts, applications)•How-to articles•Brochures, flyers•Schedules•Web pages

• Based on Florida’s Grade 9-12 American History standards

• Civil War and Reconstruction through Present

• Questions based on historical documents will be included

• Multiple choice only, multiple forms to be given

• Entirely computer based, except for students with pertinent IEPs or 504 plans

Florida’s United States History End-of-Course Examination

How The DBQ Project DBQs Meet the Common Core Standards

The DBQ Project DBQs and MiniQsTM integrate skills with content in history. Historical content is embedded in a pedagogy called The DBQ MethodTM that helps students learn to read, think and write. As a result, our lessons address most all of the common core standards in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and several standards in language. The DBQ Method helps students read with understanding, think critically, and write clearly about history.

LCS Teaching American History District-Wide findings for students who completed

3 DBQs prior to 2011 FCAT

2011 FCAT Results

4th grade 5th GradeStudentsScores

Completers Non-completers Completers Non-completers

FCAT Reading

81.4 % at level 3 or above

66.2% at level 3 or above

83.2% at level 3 or above

67.4% at level 3 or above

Florida Writes

90.6% at level 4 or above

65.7% at level 4 or above

n/a n/a

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