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= = =INSTRUCTIONS= Your research thesis will drive the focus of your DBQ# Think about your thesis and pose several (5-6) significant questions related to the issue. All Documents must be directly related to the question and usable in some way to answer the question. The selected documents do not include all the information needed to answer the question. (The documents are like clues to help with the answer) 9) Lay out the question in DBQ essay format prepared for duplication
 * 1) Explain why the issue is important to understand
 * 2) Explain why the question is significant in understanding the historical period
 * 3) Choose one of the questions and develop some possible approaches to answering the question. (Remember the question cannot be so narrow that all the documents answer the question)
 * 4) Select 6 - 8 documents that (1) illustrate some aspect of the issue (2) add insight or outside information to the issue (3) challenge or call into question traditional or usual interpretations about the issue. Then identify the source of the document. [Text documents cannot be longer than 200 words]
 * 5) The documents which you select must include, but not limited to, at least
 * One visual source (cartoon or illustration)
 * One printed material source (a newspaper or magazine article or textbook source)
 * One personal document (letter or diary entry)
 * One public record document (government document)
 * One political document (speech)
 * One chart, graph, or map

FORMAT
Inlcude: A) An explanation of why the issue you selected is important to the understanding of the History of that period. B) A summary of the main points (historical relevance and inferences) of each document included. C) A list of relevant outside information you would expect students to use in answering the question. D) A key of expected responses. Make your own scoring rubric on a scale of 9 to 1. Make sure your key allows students to follow a variety of approaches to the question.

GUIDELINES
I. All parts must be posted to your wiki A. Your wiki’s main page will contain the introduction B. All subsequent sections will be linked to additional pages II. You will work individually III. The assignment is worth 100 POINTS IV. This assignment is due

=DBQ Examples=
 * Links to Social Studies 8 State Exams DBQs**


 * [|Grade 8 June 2007 Booklet 2]
 * [|Grade 8 June 2006 Booklet 2]
 * [|Grade 8 June 2005 Booklet 2]
 * [|Grade 8 June 2004 Booklet 2]
 * [|Grade 8 June 2002 Booklet 2]
 * [|Grade 8 June 2001 Booklet 2]

=DBQ Resources=
 * [|Document Based Questions]