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What is a Document Based Question? Primary Sources - original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. Examples: letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings, research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art or ancient roads, buildings, tools, and weapons. AIM: DO NOW: COPY THE AIM, THE DEFINITION OF “PRIMARY SOURCES” AND LIST 3 EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES.

1.Know exactly what the question is asking you to do. 2.You are sometimes expected to infer an answer using either past information or your common sense. - to come to a conclusion using reason

Describe some of the tasks performed by the slaves. What was the job of the overseer?

Describe some of the tasks performed by the slaves.

Questions to ask yourself: 1.Where is this taking place? 2.Do all of the people in the picture look the same? 3.Who are the slaves? Who are not. How do you know, or what is the evidence that makes you believe this?

Questions to ask yourself: 1.Where is this taking place?

Questions to ask yourself: 1.Where is this taking place?

Questions to ask yourself:Who are the slaves? 1.How are these people dressed? 2.Do they look like they are working hard? Almost naked, no shirts no long pants

Questions to ask yourself: 1.Describe some of the tasks performed by the slaves. Packing a barrel with tobacco hammering a barrel closed Rolling barrels to ships

Describe some of the tasks performed by the slaves. Specific Packing a barrel with tobacco hammering a barrel closed Rolling barrels to ships General Hard manual labor

Describe some of the tasks performed by the slaves. ANSWER: Slaves had to perform hard manual labor such as packing tobacco into large barrels and then loading them on ships A good formula to answer this is to combine the general information with the more specific information.

What was the job of the overseer? Questions to ask yourself: What is an overseer? Are there any clues in the word itself ? over seer over see watch over

Questions to ask yourself: 1.How are these people dressed? Wealthy? Poor? a.hats b. coats Which people in the picture are the overseers? How are these people dressed compared to the people on the previous slides? Wealthy? Poor?

Questions to ask yourself: 2.Do they look like they are working as hard as the slaves were? 3.If they are over seers, who are they overseeing? a.A book and a pen Sitting down smoking a pipe

What was the job of the overseer? Word clue: over seer Picture clues: Better clothes than the slaves Not working at hard labor A pen and book (inference: to keep track of the number of barrels packed and loaded

ANSWER: The overseer watched over the slaves to make sure that they were working. They did not do hard labor like the slaves, but because of the pen and book in the picture we can infer that they sometimes did paperwork. Use the inferences of the word “overseer” and the picture clues to create the answer What was the job of the overseer?

What conflict does the above cartoon comment on?

What is different in this picture than on a New York City street today?

How is this man making a living? Why has he chosen this profession?

Homework: Bring in a picture or photograph from a newspaper that might be a good document for a DBQ 100 years from now. The picture should 1. Show daily life 2. Show something special to this particular time? Give a written answer for the question below: What important thing could people in the future learn from the picture you chose?