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How to Read a DBQ Skills Bootcamp
Why did the Vikings travel so far from home?
Teach every skill students need before their first DBQ, then let them try those skills on a short Viking Age mini-DBQ. This free lesson launches the Inquiry DBQ Series: World Civilizations 600–1600.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides1–2 class periodsFree
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (12 slides) with speaker notes
- Student lesson packet (31 pages): hook, Skills 1–6 with practice, Viking mini-DBQ (Documents A–C), Evidence Organizer, C.E.R. planner and writing page, 4-point rubric, teacher answer key
- Scaffolded version (31 pages): the same skills and documents in simpler wording, with sentence starters and its own answer key
The six skills
- What a DBQ is
- Sourcing with O.A.C.
- Close reading
- Corroboration
- Bucketing evidence
- Writing with C.E.R.
Good to know
- Class time
- 1–2 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 74 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE.1–3, 7.I.CC.1–3