1. Warm Up: Brainstorm everything you know about the Spanish American War. If you can’t think of anything, write three questions about it. OBJ: TLW analyze sources and write a historical argument. LT: I can describe the context of the Spanish American War. Standard 1 DOK: 1-2 US History November 18, 2014

2. Document Based Questions: DBQ The HOOK: alone then pair and share; report out Timeline, vocabulary on Background essay question page. Story time, follow along as I read. Questions to process: answer on your own paper. Staple to your “hook” paper. Pre-write: bucketing… OBJ: TLW analyze sources and write a historical argument. LT: I can describe the context of the Spanish American War. Standard 1 DOK: 1-2

3. Exit Describe the context of the Spanish American War. LT: I can describe the context of the Spanish American War.