Democratizing the DBQ
A System-wide Approach to Historical Thinking and Writing in Grades 4-12
Jackie Migliori [email protected]
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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
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Containment is clearly demonstrated in the following events:
the Berlin Airlift,
the Korean War,
and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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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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