1. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES & ACTIVITIES FOR DBQS SARAH BROWN & NICOLETTE SMITH

2. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES Identify alternative ways to utilize DBQ materials to teach the CCSS 1. Activities to work with and analyze the documents 2. Discussion models to think critically about the documents and develop claim, evidence, and reasoning 3. Outlining and essay structure activities to help students organize their writing

3. ACTIVITIES FOR WORKING WITH THE DOCUMENTS History Mystery Hooks through the Unit What’s the Question? Building DBQ’s

4. ACTIVITIES FOR OUTLINING & STRUCTURING DBQ RESPONSES Claim Switch Chicken Foot Bucketing (Categorizing) Star-Dash-Dot-Dot

5. DISCUSSION ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING Structured Academic Controversy Philosophical Chairs Socratic Seminar Fishbowl Thrash Out