1. DBQ Day 2 Windy Mulder Horizon Middle School

2. Good Morning!  Please write down today’s agenda in your planner  Vocab quiz will be given shortly

3. Background Essay Activity  Go over background essay questions  Read essay  Answer questions

4. Understanding the Question  What is the analytical question asked by this DBQ?  How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt?  What terms in the question need to be defined?  “shape” and “ancient”  Rewrite the question in your own words.  How did the Nile River influence the lives of people in Ancient Egypt?

5. Buckets  Using clues from the DBQ question, let’s think of possible analytical categories and label some “buckets” where we can place our facts.