Download Cobb County Social Studies 2012-2013 DBQ Map

Cobb County Social Studies
2012-2013 DBQ Map
District Goals:
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Establish District Scoring Rubric for DBQ Essays Mid-September 2012
Hold District Table Readings of DBQ Exemplar Essays Mid-Year 2012
Hold District Table Readings of DBQ Exemplar Essays May 2013
Support DBQ lesson writing Summer 2013
Expectations for Middle School
Expectations for High School
On-level
College Prep
 College prep teachers are expected to implement
two DBQ lessons per year.
Honors/Gifted
 Honors and Gifted high school teachers are expected
to implement three DBQ lessons per year.
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On level middle school teachers are expected to
implement two DBQ lessons per year.
Advanced Content
 Advanced Content middle school teachers are
expected to implement three DBQ lessons per year.
Special Notes:
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Teachers may choose lessons off the map or create their own lessons provided the lessons follow a similar format, involve multiple
documents on an important historical topic, and require essay writing using District Scoring Rubric.
Teachers are required to keep copies of their students’ DBQ essays to bring to District level table readings. It is suggested that grade level
teams select and implement the same DBQs to facilitate collaboration and establish consistency within schools on reading and writing.
The DBQ Map, including the number of DBQs required, will be revised periodically to incorporate new lessons and reflect advances in
student learning.
The mapped lessons are reserved for the indicated grade level and may not be used by another grade level. Teachers are free to use
unmapped DBQ lessons and documents.
Lessons with (*) next to the title have supplemental materials to accompany the lesson. These teacher created resources will be available at
the Cobb County Social Studies Network housed in Edmodo as well as on PICASSO.
Teachers are encouraged to use Edmodo to collaborate and share resources across the District.
Teachers will be alerted to any updates or changes to the 2011-2012 Cobb DBQ Map.
Cobb County Social Studies
2012-2013 DBQ Map
6th
ADVANCED CONTECT
(Select 2 On-Level + 1 AC)
ON LEVEL
(Select 2)
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The Aztecs: Agriculture or Human
Sacrifice? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2)
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Latin American Independence: Why Did
the Creoles lead the Fight?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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What was the underlying cause of World
War I? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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How did the Versailles Treaty help cause
World War II?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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The Soviet Union; What Should Textbooks
Emphasize? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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How Should We Remember Toussaint L’
Ouverture?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
What Were the Underlying Causes of
World War I? *
(Document Based Questions in World
History SHORT VERSION)
Students create a DBQ on a selected topic
7th
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Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2)
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Female Workers in Japanese Silk Factories:
Did the Costs Outweigh the Benefits?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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What Made Gandhi’s Nonviolent Movement
Work? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
How did Colonialism Affect Kenya?
(Document Based Questions in World History
SHORT VERSION)
Gandhi, King and Mandela: What Made Nonviolence Work?
(Document Based Questions in World History
SHORT VERSION)
Female Mill Workers in England and Japan:
How Similar Were Their Experiences?
(Document Based in World History SHORT
VERSION)
8th
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Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonists
die? *
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 1)
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The Georgia Colony: Were the reasons for
the settlement, as stated in the Charter of
1732, a success or failure? *
(Cobb DBQ)
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North or South: Who killed Reconstruction?*
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 1)
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The Battle of Gettysburg: Why was it a
turning point? *
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 1)
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Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 2)
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X: Whose
Philosophy Made the Most Sense for
America in the 1960’s? *
(Document Based Questions in American
History SHORT VERSION)
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How Free Were Free Blacks in the North? *
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 1)
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The Enlightenment Philosophers: What was
their Main Idea?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
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Students create a DBQ on a selected topic
Students create a DBQ on a selected topic
revised August 2012
9th
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COLLEGE PREP
(Select 2)
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How did Christianity Take Hold in the
Ancient World?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
China’s One Child Policy: Was it a Good
Idea?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
Should the United States Drill for Oil in
Alaska’s Wilderness?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 2)
What Caused the Dust Bowl?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 2)
What Drove the Sugar Trade?
(Document Based Questions in World
History SHORT VERSION)
World History
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Hammurabi’s Code: Was it Just?
(Mini-Qs World History Volume 1)
Citizenship in Athens & Rome: Which Was
the Better System?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
Education in Sparta: Did the Strengths
Outweigh the Weaknesses?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
Classical Athens and Han China: How Great
Were the Differences?
(Document Based Questions in World History)
How Great Was Alexander the Great?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the
Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
What Were the Primary Reasons for the
“Fall” of Rome? *
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
What is the Primary Reason to Study the
Byzantines?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2)
Mansa Musa’s Hajj: A Personal Journal
(Mini Qs in World History Volume 2)
The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the
“Barbarians”?
(Document Based Questions in World History)
Asoka: Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened
ruler? (Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
Samurai & Knights: Were the similarities
Greater Than the Differences?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
The Black Death: How Different Were
Christian & Muslim Responses?
(Document Based Questions in World History)
US History
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How Revolutionary was the American
Revolution?
(Document Based Questions in American
History)
Was the United States Justified in Going to
War with Mexico?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 1)
Manifest Destiny: Did the Benefits Outweigh
the Negative Consequences? *
(Cobb DBQ)
What Caused the Civil War?*
(Document Based Questions in American
History)
Progressivism: Where Will You Put Your
Million Dollars?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 2)
Should the United States Have Annexed the
Philippines?
(Mini-Qs in American History Volume 2)
What Caused the Great Depression?
(Document Based Questions in American
History)
The Geography of the Cold War: What was
Containment? *
(Mini-Qs in American History)
How Effective Was US Foreign Policy During
the Cold War?
(Cobb DBQ)
9th
World History
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COLLEGE PREP
(Select 2)
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HONORS or Gifted
(Select 2 CP + 1 H./G.)
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Classical Athens and Han China: How
Great were the Differences? (Document
Based Questions in World History)
The Aztecs: What Should History Say?
(Document Based Questions in World
History)
Students create a DBQ on selected topic
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US History
Should We Celebrate the voyages of Zheng
He? (Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2)
How Did the Renaissance Change Man’s View
of Man?
( Mini-Q’s in World History Volume 2)
April 27, 1521: Was Magellan Worth
Defending? (Mini-Qs in World History Volume
2)
The Maya: What Was Their Most Remarkable
Achievement?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 1)
Exploration or Reformation: Which Was the
More Important Consequence of the Printing
Press? * (Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2)
The Reign of Terror: Was it Justified?
(Mini-Qs in World History Volume 3)
Female Millworkers in England & Japan
(Document Based Questions in World History)
Gandhi, King and Mandela: What Made NonViolence Work?
(Document Based Questions in World History
LONG VERSION)
What Were the Underlying Causes of World
War I?
(Document Based Questions in World History
LONG VERSION)
What Was the Most Important Consequence
of the Printing Press?
(Document Based Questions in World
History)
Students create a DBQ on selected topic
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How Democratic was Andrew Jackson?*
(Document Based Questions in American
History)
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
(Document Based Questions in American
History LONG VERISON)
Students create a DBQ on selected topic
revised August 2012