Stop here for the most comprehensive site
for DBQ's. Extensive material including General
Resources, Resources for Teachers and Students, Online
Projects, Document Based Lessons and other related links.
This site offers two comprehensive
"courses or repositories of information regarding document
based questions. Course I is a general introduction to
historical records and DBQ's. Course II enables the
teacher to
understand how
document-based questions assess standards and
performance indicators in the Learning Standards for
Social Studies.
gain knowledge of
strategies for preparing students to write strong
responses to DBQ’s
comprehend processes
and procedures for creating effective DBQ assessments
understand processes
and procedures for rating Regents DBQ essays
An exceptional site explaining for teachers, students
and parents: What are primary sources?, Finding
Primary Sources on the Web, Evaluating Primary Sources on
the Web and Citing Primary Sources.
The Living Schoolbook Local History site
provides an interesting database teaching resource
designed to provide practitioners with a venue for
collecting and sharing local history documents and related
questions for student investigations. The link
provided will enable you to access some DBQ with
documents. This first group of materials seems very
appropriate for Elementary level students but might be
tailored for multiple grade use. I have linked to the old
site because I find the design more immediately user
friendly.
This site is
designed to assist teachers in making the transition to skills-based standards
and assessments by using "The Learning Page" from the Library of Congress and
"The Digital Classroom" from the National Archives. Contains worksheets and
links to sources. Geared for elementary grades, K-6. Be sure and visit
the section
Document Based Questions
Note the 15 sample DBQ's for all grades and tutorials for teachers designing
their own DBQs.
A comprehensive and well designed site created by Paula Goldstein at
Nassau BOCES. Provides an incredible number of links to Primary Source
Materials, Document Based Questions, Assessments, General Resources and
Constructed Response Questions. Highly Recommended.
An internet hotlist created my Elaine Casler of the Center for Applied
Technologies in Education at the University at Buffalo. Numerous topics
related to the use of historical documents in the classroom including General
History Resources, Primary Source Locations (pictures, postcards, letters,
maps and much more) and other highly recommended sites