Document Based Question Matrix for BVSD Document Based Questions (DBQs) are intended to be the primary strategy for Common Performance Tasks in Middle-level and High School Social Studies in BVSD. DBQ’s engage students in building towards mastery of the key Concepts and Skills defined by the Colorado Academic Standards for Social Studies and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. DBQ’s present students with a question prompt and an assortment of primary and secondary sources, which students analyze and use to provide evidence for argument essays. DBQs were originally designed as a component of Advanced Placement Exams for History. BVSD Social Studies teachers believe that all students are capable of and deserve opportunities to engage in critical analysis of primary sources and writing well-crafted essays that support claims with evidence. The following matrix outlines the DBQs that have been identified by teachers as aligning best with the BVSD Curriculum Essentials Documents for Social Studies. Teachers are highly encouraged to use at least two DBQs in a year-long course – or at least one DBQ in a semester course. Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 6th Grade DBQ Maya Mini Q1 Aztec Mini Q1 or Aztec DBQ2 Latin American Independence Mini Q3 Toussaint Louvertoure Mini Q3 Level Expectations Addressed History 1, History 2, Geography 1 History 1, History 2, Geography 2 History 2 History 1, History 2, DBQ What Type of Citizen Does a Democracy Need? Mini Q6 Grade Level Expectations Addressed Civics 1
Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 7th DBQ Hammurabi's Code Mini Q4 Citizenship in Athens and Rome Mini Q4 The Silk Road Mini Q4 What Made Gandhi's Nonviolent Movement Work? Mini Q3 Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 2, Geography 6, Civics 2 History 1, History 2, Geography 2, Geography 6 History 1, History 2, History 4, History 6, Geography 1, Economics 3 History 6, Geography 2, Geography 6 DBQ Education in Sparta Mini Q4 What Were the Primary Reasons for the "Fall" of Rome? Mini Q4 Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 2, History 3, History 5, History 6, Geography 6 History 1, History 2, Geography 3, Geography 4 Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 8th Grade DBQ Jamestown Mini Q5 Gettysburg Mini Q5 War With Mexico Mini Q5 Free Blacks in the North Mini Q5 Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 1, History 2, Geography 2 History 1, History 2, Geography 2 History 1, Geography 2 History 1, History 2
Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 History DBQ What drove the sugar trade? DBQ2 How did colonialism affect Kenya? DBQ2 What were the underlying causes of WWI? DBQ2 Gandhi, King and Mandela: What made non-violence work? DBQ2 Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 1, History 2, History 3, History 4 History 1, History 2, History 3, History 4 History 1, History 4 History 1, History 3, History 4 Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 AP World DBQ What the sugar trade? DBQ2 How did colonialism affect Kenya? DBQ2 What were the underlying causes of WWI? DBQ2 Gandhi, King and Mandela: What made non-violence work? DBQ2
Level Expectations Addressed History 1, History 2, History 3, History 4 History 1, History 2, History 3, History 4 History 1, History 4 History 1, History 3, History 4 Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 DBQ option 3 DBQ option 4 US History DBQ Politics or Principle: Why did LBJ sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Mini Q7 Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Mini Q7 What caused the Great Depression? DBQ8 Progressivism: Where will you put your million dollars? Mini Q7 Level Expectations Addressed Civics 1, Civics 2, Civics 3 History 1, Geography 2, Geography 3, Economics 1 History 1, Civics 3, Economics 5, Economics 6, Economics 7 History 1, Economics 1, Economics 2, Economics 4, Economics 5 Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 AP US DBQ What caused the Civil War? DBQ8 How revolutionary was the American Revolution? DBQ8
Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 1, Geography 1, Geography 2, Economics 1, Civics 2, Civics 3 History 1, 8 History 2 Course DBQ option 1 DBQ option 2 Economics DBQ Was Andrew Carnegie a hero? DBQ8 What made Cesar Chavez an effective leader? Mini Q7 Grade Level Expectations Addressed History 1, History 2, History 3, Economics 2 History 1, Economics 1, Economics 2, Economics 3 1 – Mini-Q’s in History Volume 2 () 2 – DBQ’s in World History () 3 – Mini-Q’s in World History Volume 3 () 4 – Mini-Q’s in World History Volume 1 () 5 – Mini-Q’s in American History Volume 1 () 6 – Mini-Q’s in Civics () 7 – Mini-Q’s in American History Volume 2 ()