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" The Industrial Revolution was neither industrial nor revolutionary."
"Document Based Questions (DBQ) assess the ability of each student to work with historical sources in multiple forms. The..."
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Schools (Other):
NYS PS
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Occupation:
Document Based Question
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Affiliations:
National Honor Society, All-State Chorus
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Hobbies and Interests:
Being for or against historical statements, Dewey Decimal System, Works Cited, Facts vs. Opinions, Summing-up
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Favorite Books:
primary sources, secondary sources (excerpts)
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Favorite Movies:
Alexander, Amistad, Mr. Holland's Opus
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About Me:
Document Based Questions (DBQ) assess the ability of each student to work with historical sources in multiple forms. The secondary DBQ will have a maximum of 8 documents; at least 2 of which will be visuals. The 7/8 assessment will have a DBQ with 4 documents (including 2 visuals). The DBQ requires many of the same skills used in developing a research paper - interpreting primary and secondary sources, evaluating sources, considering multiple points of view, using historic evidence, developing and supporting a thesis.
Document-based questions:
* are based on the Social Studies Learning Standards, themes and concepts.
* focus on critical thinking skills and ask students to make comparisons, draw analogies, apply knowledge to the given data, and require students to apply historic analysis.
* ask students to take positions on issues or problems and support their conclusions.
* require students to look at issues from multiple perspectives.
* require student to apply skills thy use as adults
* are criterion referenced and employ a scoring rubric.
The DBQ will consist of two parts. In the first part, students will be required to answer a key question on each document. This generally involves interpreting the main idea or point of view expressed in the document. This section will be "scaffolded" to the second part in which the student will write an essay using the documents to respond to a specific question. In this second part, students are asked to utilize all the sources, plus their understanding of history to respond to a question. This second part will require them to move beyond simply quoting all the documents. They will need to use the documents as evidence in support of a thesis that responds to the assigned (part two) question. The student will be required to use all documents and incorporate outside information. The student will have no choice on the DBQ.
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To receive full credit in a five point rubric the essay:
* thoroughly address all aspects of the task by accurately interpreting the documents plus incorporate outside information related to the documents.
* discuss all aspects of the task and support with accurate facts, examples and details.
* weigh the importance, reliability and validity of the evidence.
* analyze conflicting perspectives presented in the documents. Weave the documents into the body of the essay.
* include a strong introduction and conclusion.
Credit would be reduced if the response:
* did not recognize the reliability, validity, or perspectives of the documents.
* reiterated the content of the documents with little or no use of outside information.
* discussed the documents in a descriptive rather than analytic manner.
* showed little recognition of the tasks, lacked an introduction or conclusion.
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Pt 1.
Since the beginning of time humans have worked very hard. But in todays modern world we have become used to working for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. But life has not always been this way. The industrial revolution brought about great change in the West. People left their quiet lives on the farm or feudal estate for work in the towns and in the factories in the towns. Factory work in places like England and the United States (aka the new world) was very hard. The factories were very hot, had poor ventilation and dangerous machinery as well as fumes. Often people worked all day every day in such places and often these people were children. They sometimes earned less than a dollar a year. Their situation was unjust for the adults were tired and the children were not receiving an education. The factory employees were unhappy with this life, so they decided to have a social movement.
Using the document Poster: Strike Now for the 8-Hour Day, we can tell that people gathered to express their unhappiness with their situation. They walked out of the factories and refused to work. Sometimes they sat down in the factories and refused to work. No one today knows why they would chose to stand or sit, or at least this is not clear from document Poster: Strike Now for the 8-Hour Day.
In conclusion, we owe much to our ancestors who toiled in the hot, fume filled factories. Without them we would not have a weekend or time to spend with our families or watching TV. I can only imagine what it would have been like to work like that back then.
Imperialism helped start slavery and it also makes countries lose their self confidence and self respect by calling them savages. These examples and many others are reasons why imperialism has negative effects on countrys and people.
First imperialistic countrys feel that they hold all of the power and they can do whatever they want to the smaller countries. The higher people from the mother country "kill people, seduce people, and make the younger stronger people slaves" as stated in Document #5 ("An Anthology of West African Verse" by David Diop, 1957). Here they take the young people and make them their personal servants by having them bring them things like food and drinks.
Document-based questions are not only for advanced upper-level students and their format does not necessarily have to be a major test. Using the friendlier concepts of the time capsule or hidden chest, a fifth or seventh grade teacher could present a "newly discovered" historical record trove to a class with questions designed to introduce a unit of study to them. Document-based questions can also be a part of a more involved performance task.